Minimal connectedness: Exploring the effects of positive messaging using mobile technology

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2513-2522

  Kanis, Marije ^a   Perry, Mark ^a   Brinkman, Willem Paul ^a,b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Minimal connectedness; Mobile technology; Positive emotions; Social interaction; Social sharing

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

AMBIGUITY; MINIMAL CONNECTEDNESS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; POSITIVE EMOTIONS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SHARING;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 57049177902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1358628.1358708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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