Defining interactivity: A qualitative identification of key dimensions

New Media and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-179

  Downes, Edward J ^a   McMillan, Sally J ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Interactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347164871     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614440022225751     Document Type: Article

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