The human side of the digital divide: Media experience as the border of communication satisfaction with email

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-402

  Ishii, Kumi ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATISFACTION; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING; UNIVERSITIES;

DATA PROCESSING; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 27844576061     PISSN: 00472816     EISSN: 15413780     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/CHEJ-2CW4-6BNY-9LRT     Document Type: Article

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