Gender distinctiveness, communicative competence, and the problem of gender judgments in computer-mediated communication

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-145

  Sierpe, Eino ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LANGUAGES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH;

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; GENDER JUDGMENTS;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 9244242040     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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