Machines as mediators: The challenge of technology for interpersonal communication theory and research

Mediated Interpersonal Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 34-57

  Polkosky, Melanie D ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203926864     Document Type: Chapter

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