Messaging media perceptions and preferences: A pilot study in two distinct cultures

2007 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 6725-6728

  Guo, Zixiu ^a   Tan, Felix B ^b   Turner, Tim ^c   Xu, Huizhong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; IM; Media preference; SMS

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; MEDIA PREFERENCE;

MESSAGE PASSING;

EID: 38049035863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WICOM.2007.1650     Document Type: Conference Paper

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