Getting to know you: Exploring the development of relational intimacy in computer-mediated communication

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Hian, Lee Bee ^a,e   Chuan, Sim Li ^b,e   Trevor, Tan Mon Kiat ^c,f   Detenber, Benjamin H ^d,g  

^a Insights and More Asia Consulting Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^b Min of Comm Development and Sports   (Singapore)

^c MediaCorp Press Ltd

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e Clifford Centre ^*  (Singapore)

^f Clifford Centre   (Singapore)

^g NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC); FACE-TO-FACE (FTF) COMMUNICATION; HYPERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION MODEL; MIXED-MODEL FACTORIAL DESIGN;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2942738993     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2004.tb00290.x     Document Type: Article

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