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Telecommunications Systems and Evaluation Research

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  • Frank M. Howell

    (Mississippi State University)

  • Michael L. Vasu

    (North Carolina State University)

  • Ellen S. Vasu

    (North Carolina State University)

Abstract

The parallel developments of sophisticated voice and data telephone technology and relatively low-cost microcomputers have created a situation in 1986 by which "knowledge workers," like the evaluation research community, can engage in large-scale tele communication on a nationwide scale. How the social organization of information and interpersonal interaction can be meshed with the technical organization of computing and computer-mediated telecommunications looms as the critical issue inhibiting adoption of this alternative mode of professional communication. A number of issues are discussed and two new international computer networks-SocNet and PoliNet- are used in detailed examples to illustrate how the evaluation research community can begin to make this transition possible.

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  • Frank M. Howell & Michael L. Vasu & Ellen S. Vasu, 1986. "Telecommunications Systems and Evaluation Research," Evaluation Review, , vol. 10(5), pages 661-681, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:10:y:1986:i:5:p:661-681
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8601000506
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