Communicating briefly: Technically

International Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 398-418

  Stephens, Keri K ^a   Barrett, Ashley K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Explanatory discourse; Microblogging; New media; Organizational communication; Technical explanations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041404857     PISSN: 23294884     EISSN: 23294892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2329488414525463     Document Type: Article

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