Animated agent immediacy and news services with handheld computers

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 78-92

  Isotalus, Pekka ^a   Muukkonen, Hanni ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Animated agent; Handheld computer; Immediacy; Learning; Online news

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649169134     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370209385647     Document Type: Article

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