Connectedness oriented communication: Fostering a sense of connectedness to augment social relationships

Proceedings - 2002 Symposium on Applications and the Internet, SAINT 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 186-193

  Kuwabara, K ^a   Watanabe, T ^b   Ohguro, T ^a   Itoh, Y ^b   Maeda, Y ^b  

^a NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Communications technology; Context; Costs; Design methodology; Electronic mail; High speed networks; Humans; IP networks; Message service; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HIGH SPEED NETWORKS; INTERNET; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; CONTEXT; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; HUMANS; IP NETWORKS; MESSAGE SERVICE;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84884481768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SAINT.2002.994476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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