Computer-mediated communication and media preference: An investigation of the dimensionality of perceived task equivocality and media richness

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 164-174

  D’ambra, John ^a   Rice, Ronald E ^b   O’connor, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DECISION THEORY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DIMENSIONALITY; MEDIA PREFERENCE; MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY; TASK EQUIVOCALITY;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032067628     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014492998119535     Document Type: Article

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