Online pauses and silence: Chronemic expectancy violations in written computer-mediated communication

Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-69

  Kalman, Yoram M ^a   Rafaeli, Sheizaf ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

chronemics; computer mediated communication; expectancy violations theory; nonverbal cues; online silence; response latency; silence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650967864     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650210378229     Document Type: Article

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