Computer mediated communications : bulletin boards, computer conferencing, electronic mail, and information retrieval /
Matthew Rapaport.
- New York : Wiley, c1991.
- xxi, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-367) and index.
1. Origins. - 2. Scope of current conferencing, information retrieval, and BBS technology. - 3. Hardware, software, and telecommunications foundations. - 4. Single and multiuser configurations. -5. Distributed conferencing systems. - 6. The structure of communications models. - 7. Implementing communications models. - 8. Communication services and software. - 9. Domains, characteristics, and implementation objectives. - 10. Advanced features and implications. - 11. Trends and social issues. - 12. Epilogue. - Appendixes. - Index.