Perceptions of organizational media richness: Channel expansion effects for electronic and traditional media across richness dimensions

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-32

  Timmerman, C Erik ^a   Madhavapeddi, S Naga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Charles Schwab & Co Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel expansion; Computer mediated communication (CMC); Media richness; Organizational communication; Technology

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

CHANNEL EXPANSION; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; MEDIA RICHNESS; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 41649085806     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2007.2000058     Document Type: Article

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