The effect of reticence on college students' use of electronic mail to communicate with faculty

Communication Education

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 170-176

  Kelly, Lynne ^a   Duran, Robert L ^c   Zolten, J Jerome ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Electronic mail; Reticence; Student teacher communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035606858     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520109379242     Document Type: Article

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