Has the Internet become indispensable?

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 37-42

  Hoffman, Donna L ^a,b   Novak, Thomas P ^a,b   Venkatesh, Alladi ^c  

^a Department of Management ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; INSTANT MESSAGING; ONLINE SHOPPING;

CODES (STANDARDS); DATA ACQUISITION; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SERVICES; STUDENTS;

INTERNET;

EID: 4243082092     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1005817.1005818     Document Type: Review

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