Teacher e-mail message strategies and students' willingness to communicate online

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-70

  Waldeck, Jennifer H ^a   Kearney, Patricia ^a   Plax, Timothy G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Advanced communication and information technology; Digital divide; E mail; E mail message strategies; Extra class communication; Instructional technology; Student e mail use; Teacher e mail use; Teacher immediacy; Willingness to communicate online

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035611465     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880128099     Document Type: Article

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