IM waiting: Timing and responsiveness in semi-synchronous communication

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 285-294

  Avrahami, Daniel ^a   Fussell, Susan R ^b   Hudson, Scott E ^b  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability; Interpersonal communication; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; INSTANT MESSAGING; INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEW TOOLS; SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS;

GROUPWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77950825028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1460563.1460610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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