Unplanned effects of intelligent agents on Internet use: A social informatics approach

AI and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-166

  Serenko, Alexander ^a   Ruhi, Umar ^b   Cocosila, Mihail ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impacts; Intelligent agents; Internet; Socialin formatics

Indexed keywords

AGENT TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; IMPACTS; INTERNET USE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS; SOCIALIN FORMATICS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTERNET;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 33750688524     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-006-0051-8     Document Type: Article

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