Interactivity in society: Locating an elusive concept

Information Society

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 373-383

  Bucy, Erik P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactivity; Media interaction; Reciprocal communication; Technology affordances; User perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544243389     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240490508063     Document Type: Article

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