[Air-l] Do intranets reduce F2F interactions in organizations?

[Guillaume Latzko-Toth]

Sorry for such a determinist formulation, but it sums up the research 
question some of my students are interested in, in the framework of my 
course "ICT and human relationships". More precisely, the question is 
wether there is a correlation between the increase of CMC in the workplace, 
and a decrease of interpersonal, face to face communications between 
co-workers (resulting in a discomfort for employees).

I have browsed litterature on Internet uses in organizational settings, and 
failed to find anything about "socio-emotional aspects" of organizational 
communication.

Any insight would be welcome,

Guillaume

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