Avatar e-mail versus traditional e-mail: Perceptual difference and media selection difference

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 451-467

  Lee, Younghwa ^a   Kozar, Kenneth A ^b   Larsen, Kai R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatar; E mail use; Rational theories of media choice

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

AVATAR; E-MAIL USE; FIELD STUDIES; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; MEDIA RICHNESSES; MEDIA SELECTIONS; PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES; RATIONAL THEORIES OF MEDIA CHOICE; SOCIAL PRESENCES;

INTERNET;

EID: 57749181099     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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