CMC and the question of democratisation: A university field study

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Cecez Kecmanovic, Dubravka ^a   Treleaven, Lesley ^a   Moodie, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

COMMUNICATIVE ACTIONS; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; FIELD STUDIES; MEDIATED INTERACTION; RESEARCH RESULTS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL SPACES; TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 85094137891     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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