The effects of communicative genres on intra-group conflict in virtual student teams

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Hsu, Jung Lung ^a   Chou, Huey Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Discourse analysis; Online classroom; Social networks; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COLLABORATIVE INTERACTION; COMMUNICATIVE GENRES; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; DISTANT COMMUNICATIONS; INTRA-GROUP CONFLICTS; ONLINE CLASSROOM; VIRTUAL TEAM;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 70249140539     PISSN: 15393100     EISSN: 15393119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdet.2009010101     Document Type: Article

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