Suggests that aging related differences in mass communication behaviors can be extended to users' initial preference for newer micro-media. A survey shows that older age segments have high preference for using cable to visit with friends and relatives, perform civic and state functions, and receive electronically originated print media. (MER)

In this paper, an information processing model of social systems is developed with particular concern for large complex organizations. In explicating the sixteen assumptions and propositions of the model, the literature on environmental uncertainty, interorganizational communication, technology, and their effects on internal organizational…

Communication technology (CT), which involves the use of computers in private and group communication, has had a major impact on theory and research in organizational communication over the past 30 years. From the 1950s to the early 1970s, mainframe computers were seen as managerial tools in creating more centralized organizational structures.…

Investigates whether differing conceptualizations of voice mail (VM) exist among different types of VM users. Analyzes semantic networks of comments by people who use VM as a traditional telephone genre or as a new, messaging genre. Finds considerable similarities among four types of users, but also differentiates somewhat between high senders and…

Investigating the networks of communication in organizations leads to an understanding of efficient and inefficient information dissemination as practiced in large systems. Most important in organizational communication is the role of the "liaison person"--the coordinator of intercommunication. When functioning efficiently, coordinators maintain…