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Video as a technology for informal communication

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Robert S. Fish,

Robert E. Kraut,

Robert W. Root,

Ronald E. RiceAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 36, Issue 1

Pages 48 - 61

https://doi.org/10.1145/151233.151237

Published: 01 January 1993 Publication History

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