The psychobiological model: Towards a new theory of computer-mediated communication based on darwinian evolution

Organization Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Kock, Ned ^a  

^a TEXAS A M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication media; Computer mediated communication; Human evolution; Media richness theory; Schema theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142693972     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1040.0071     Document Type: Review

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