The development of an instrument to determine different levels of interactivity

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 373-391

  Koolstra, Cees M ^a   Bos, Mark J W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interactive media; Interactivity; Mediated communication; Synchronicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849106756     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048509104980     Document Type: Article

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