Capturing the evolution of corporate e-mail: An ethnographic case study

Computers and Composition

Volumn 14, Issue 3 SPEC ISS, 1997, Pages 343-360

  Peckham, Irvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Computers; E mail; Ethnography; Workplace literacy; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039468051     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s8755-4615(97)90005-0     Document Type: Article

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