Semantic network discussion representation: Applicability and some potential benefits

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-81

  Khalifa, Mohamed ^a   Liu, Vanessa ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative tools; Communication effectiveness; Computer mediated discussion; Information representation; Semantic networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GROUPWARE; SEMANTICS;

COLLABORATIVE TOOLS; COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER-MEDIATED DISCUSSION; INFORMATION REPRESENTATION; SEMANTIC NETWORKS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 33644636615     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2006.870457     Document Type: Article

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