| Description |
xxiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Summary |
This study explored deaf employees' adoption of videocommunication-via-the Internet, allowing sign language use between deaf people, and between deaf and hearing people via Video Relay Interpreting service. Major findings included a paradigm shift from text to video communication; and, a divergence from typical adoption theory, with government intervention required to prime the adoption of videocommunication by deaf people in Australia |
| Notes |
Submitted to the School of Health and Social Development of the Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University |
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-272) |
| Subject |
Deaf -- Employment.
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Deaf -- Services for.
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Internet videoconferencing.
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| Genre/Form |
Academic theses.
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| Author |
Deakin University. Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences
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Deakin University. School of Health and Social Development
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