Broadcasting information via display names in instant messaging

Proceedings of the International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 89-98

  Smale, Stephanie ^a   Greenberg, Saul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Awareness; Communication; Display name; Instant messenger

Indexed keywords

BROADCAST MESSAGES; CASUAL INTERACTION; DESIGN IMPLICATIONS; INSTANT MESSAGING; INSTANT MESSENGERS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 77950331553     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1099203.1099218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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