Dynamics of email communications among university students throughout a semester

Computers and Education

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-103

  Uddin, Shahadat ^a   Jacobson, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Email communication; Network dynamics; Network simulation; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DECENTRALISED; EMAIL COMMUNICATION; FINAL EXAMINATIONS; IN-DEGREE; NETWORK DYNAMICS; NETWORK SIMULATION; OUTDEGREE; PREDICTIVE POWER; RECIPROCAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS;

PEER TO PEER NETWORKS;

EID: 84874586578     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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