An umbrella term for people communicating with each other using computers, such as instant messaging (IM), chat and email. See instant messaging and chat. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Contingency theory predicts that using computer-mediated communication to accomplish complex collaborative work will be difficult, especially ...

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We recently polled nearly 500 readers and, not surprisingly, found that 81.2% of respondents admitted they need to learn more about unified communications (UC). Given that there is a lack of consensus ...

Moon, Youngme. "The Effects of Physical Distance and Response Latency on Persuasion in Computer-mediated Communication and Human-computer Interaction." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 5, ...

A peripheral control unit that connects several communications lines to a computer and performs the actual transmitting and receiving as well as various message coding and decoding activities.