Why do electronic conversations seem less polite? the costs and benefits of hedging

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Work Activities Coordination and Collaboration, WACC 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 227-235

  Brennan, Susan E ^a   Ohaeri, Justina O ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Groups; Hedges; Multimedia; Politeness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; WOODEN FENCES;

COMMUNICATION MEDIA; COSTS AND BENEFITS; FACE-TO-FACE GROUPS; GROUPS; HEDGES; MULTIMEDIA; POLITENESS; SPOKEN CONVERSATION;

COSTS;

EID: 85013624513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/295665.295942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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