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Westmyer, Stephanie A.; DiCioccio, Rachel L.; Rubin, Rebecca B. – Journal of Communication, 1998
Examines perceived appropriateness and effectiveness of six communication channels (face-to-face, telephone, voice mail, electronic mail, letter, and fax) used in relation to undergraduate students' interpersonal communication motives (inclusion, affection, control, relaxation, escape, and pleasure) in other-directed and self-directed…
Descriptors: Communications, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Media Selection
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Rice, Ronald E.; D'Ambra, John; More, Elizabeth – Journal of Communication, 1998
Reports results from managers working in four countries, reporting the richness of five media, equivocality of 11 situations, preferred media for each situation, and cultural values. Finds richness and equivocality measures reliable and unidimensional, and media preferences for face-to-face and telephone communication channels for each situation…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Individualism
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Hirschman, Elizabeth C. – Journal of Communication, 1981
Investigates the combined influences of social and cognitive factors upon the pattern and level of information exposure of adults. Develops a model of information exposure based on parental socioeconomic status, sex, educational attainment, childhood use of print media, occupational status and complexity, adult print media usage, television usage,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adults, Attitudes, Cognitive Processes