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Computer-Mediated Communication: Human-to-Human Communication Across the Internet

Name: Computer-Mediated Communication: Human-to-Human Communication Across the Internet
Author: Susan B. Barnes
ISBN: 9780205321452

by Susan B. Barnes

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Overview

All manner of computer-mediated communication, or CMC, is considered in this textbook by Barnes (Rochester Institute of Technology, New York). The phenomenon of CMC, its development and current research, and the three types of Internet communication—interpersonal, human-computer- interaction, and informational— are described at length. The remainder of the text describes the process of CMC interactions, CMC and group communication, and CMC and society. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR