Strader, Troy J.; Houle, Philip A.; Ramaswami, Sridhar N. - In: International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR) 1 (2005) 4, pp. 51-57
This article investigates the effect of unsolicited electronic messages, also known as spam and spim, on perceptions of e-mail and instant messaging usefulness. It is hypothesized that spam and spim should have a negative effect on electronic communication system usefulness, but the survey...