Exploring the potential effects of emoticons

Information and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 466-473

  Huang, Albert H ^a   Yen, David C ^b   Zhang, Xiaoni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emoticon; Enjoyment; IM; Information richness; Instant message; Interaction; Usefulness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS; COMMUNICATION METHODS; EMOTICON; ENJOYMENT; GRAPHICAL ICONS; IM; INFORMATION RICHNESS; INSTANT MESSAGE; INSTANT MESSAGING; INTERACTION; MAIN STREAM; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PERSONAL INTERACTIONS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEXT INFORMATION; USEFULNESS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 52149103338     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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