An empirical exploration of mass interaction system dynamics: Individual information overload and Usenet discourse

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 1050-1059

  Jones, Q ^a   Ravid, G ^b   Rafaeli, S ^b  

^a New Jersey Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communications technology; Computer mediated communication; Constraint theory; Feedback loop; Large scale systems; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Paper technology; Psychology; Statistical analysis; Usability

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR FEEDBACK; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEM THEORY;

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; FEED-BACK LOOP; PAPER TECHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; USABILITY;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 10844265916     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.994061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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