Cultural universality versus particularity in CMC

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 47-65

  Stahl, Bernd Carsten ^a   Elbeltagi, Ibrahim ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Culture; Habermas; ICT; Particularity; Universality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751021628     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2004.10856384     Document Type: Article

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