An experimental examination of the computer's time displacement effects

New Media and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-21

  Cai, Xiaomei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer; Displacement effects; Time shift; Traditional media

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844266783     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444805049139     Document Type: Review

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