Visualization of group members' participation: How information-presentation formats support information exchange

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-261

  Kimmerle, Joachim ^a   Cress, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group awareness; Information exchange; Participation; Social comparison; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749117909     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439309332312     Document Type: Article

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