Intellectual challenge of CSCW: the gap between social requirements and technical feasibility

Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 179-203

  Ackerman, Mark S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

SOCIAL REQUIREMENTS; SOCIAL TECHNICAL GAP; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0034459145     PISSN: 07370024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327051HCI1523_5     Document Type: Article

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