Paradox of richness: A cognitive model of media choice

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-21

  Robert, Lionel P ^a   Dennis, Alan R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; Elaboration likelihood model (ELM); Heuristic systematic processing; Information overload; Media choice; Message complexity; Social presence; Teams

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MODELS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COGNITIVE MODEL; ELABORATION LIKELIHOOD MODEL (ELM); HEURISTIC SYSTEMATIC PROCESSING; INFORMATION OVERLOAD; MEDIA CHOICE; MESSAGE COMPLEXITY; PARADOX OF RICHNESS; SOCIAL PRESENCE;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 15044356854     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2004.843292     Document Type: Article

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