Interrogative strategies and information exchange in computer‐mediated communication

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-66

  Pratt, Laurie ^a   Wiseman, Richard L ^b   Cody, Michael J ^c   Wendt, Pamela F ^d  

^a Fullerton College   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Los Angeles Unified School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous communication; Content analysis; Interrogative strategies; Question typologies; Uncertainty reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141808689     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379909370123     Document Type: Article

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