Psychology: The need for psychology in research on computer-supported cooperative work

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-42

  Finholt, Thomas A ^a,b   Teasley, Stephanie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b C 2420 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated groups; Computer supported cooperative work; Distributed cognition; Ethnomethodology; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944433707     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089443939801600106     Document Type: Article

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