Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication: Volume 1

Kelsey, Sigrid · St.Amant, Kirk

May 2008 · IGI Global

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About this ebook

Technology has changed communication drastically in recent years, facilitating the speed and ease of communicating, and also redefining and shaping linguistics, etiquette, and social communication norms.

The Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication provides academics and practitioners with an authoritative collection of research on the implications and social effects computers have had on communication. With 69 chapters of innovative research contributed by over 90 of the world's leading experts in computer mediated communication, the Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication is a must-have addition to every library collection.

About the author

Sigrid Kelsey is a Librarian at the Louisiana State University Libraries, where she is the Electronic Reference Resources and Web Development Coordinator. Her research interests include online instruction, information literacy, information seeking behavior, and computer mediated communication. She has taught at Whitman College and for the LSU School of Library and Information Science and has worked to implement information literacy into the LSU curriculum. She also is an ex officio member of the Louisiana Library Association.

Kirk St.Amant is an Associate Professor of Technical and Professional Communication in the Department of English at East Carolina University. He has a background in anthropology, international government, and technical communication, and his research interests include intercultural exchanges via online media and international outsourcing. He has taught online and conventional courses in technical and professional communication and in intercultural communication for Texas Tech University, Mercer University, and James Madison University. He has also taught courses in e-commerce, distance education, and business communication in Ukraine as a part of the USAID-sponsored Consortium for the Enhancement of Ukrainian Management Education (CEUME). [Editor]

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