Information and Communication: Alternative Uses of the Internet in Households

Information Systems Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 287-303

  Kraut, Robert ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Tridas ^a   Szczypula, Janusz ^a   Kiesler, Sara ^a   Scherlis, Bill ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer Mediated Communication; E Mail; Electronic Mail; Family Communication; Internet; Interpersonal Communication; Online Services; Social Impact; Technology Adoption; User Studies; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNET; WEB CRAWLER; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; FAMILY COMMUNICATION; INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; ON-LINE SERVICE; SOCIAL IMPACT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; USER STUDY;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 0033267180     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.10.4.287     Document Type: Article

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