Source orientation in human-computer interaction: programmer, networker, or independent social actor?
Two studies were conducted to examine whether individuals when they apply social rules and social expectations while working on a computer are interacting directly with the computer as an independent social actor or source or orienting to an unseen programmer or imagined person in another room. The...
| Published in: | Communication Research Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 683 - 704 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
December 2000
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