The problem with 'awareness': Introductory remarks on 'awareness in CSCW'

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 285-298

  Schmidt, Kjeld ^a  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

AWARENESS; COMPUTER-BASED TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 0036964524     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021272909573     Document Type: Editorial

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