EVOLUTION AND MEDIA NATURALNESS: A LOOK AT E-COMMUNICATION THROUGH A DARWINIAN THEORETICAL LENS

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 373-382

  Kock, Ned ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication media; computer mediated communication; Electronic communication; evolution theory; naturalness

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION MEDIA; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; E COMMUNICATIONS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; EVOLUTION THEORY; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; NATURALNESS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 85138728459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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