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Organizational communication is becoming
increasingly facilitated by
computers.
Computer-mediated communication systems such as electronic mail,
computer
conferencing, automated offices, and the like are becoming commonplace
in
businesses and research communities. Associated with these developments
are
a variety of policy and research issues, including (1) impacts and
benefits,
(2) fertile sources of communication data for researchers, and (3) the
patterns
of use and intercommunication among individual and group users. A
discussion
of each of these aspects is considered in this chapter.
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