Communication characteristics of instant messaging: Effects and predictions of interpersonal relationships

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 505-514

  Avrahami, Daniel ^a   Hudson, Scott E ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Communication patterns; IM; Instant messaging; Interpersonal relationships; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMMUNICATION PATTERNS; INSTANT MESSAGING; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; PREDICTIVE MODELS;

MESSAGE PASSING;

EID: 34547208714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1180875.1180954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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