A study of the social networks and structure on Arofanatics forum.
In this dissertation, the social networks in a computer mediated environment, namely, Arofanatics forum are studied by analyzing the members' postings. The techniques in our analysis included systematic analysis of qualitative data and social network analysis measures. The combination of both...
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| author | Soh, Kian Meng. |
| author2 | Lee Chu Keong |
| author_facet | Lee Chu Keong Soh, Kian Meng. |
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| description | In this dissertation, the social networks in a computer mediated environment, namely, Arofanatics forum are studied by analyzing the members' postings. The techniques in our analysis included systematic analysis of qualitative data and social network analysis measures. The combination of both techniques allows review of individual posting nature to the overview of social network relationship with directional visual display. The data were retrieved from the online forum Arofanatics and yielded 35 threads with 1,409 members' postings. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/191342019-12-10T11:13:22Z A study of the social networks and structure on Arofanatics forum. Soh, Kian Meng. Lee Chu Keong Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media In this dissertation, the social networks in a computer mediated environment, namely, Arofanatics forum are studied by analyzing the members' postings. The techniques in our analysis included systematic analysis of qualitative data and social network analysis measures. The combination of both techniques allows review of individual posting nature to the overview of social network relationship with directional visual display. The data were retrieved from the online forum Arofanatics and yielded 35 threads with 1,409 members' postings. Master of Science (Information Studies) 2009-10-22T04:01:48Z 2009-10-22T04:01:48Z 2009 2009 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19134 en Nanyang Technological University 94 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media Soh, Kian Meng. A study of the social networks and structure on Arofanatics forum. |
| title | A study of the social networks and structure on Arofanatics forum. |
| title_full | A study of the social networks and structure on Arofanatics forum. |
| title_fullStr | A study of the social networks and structure on Arofanatics forum. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A study of the social networks and structure on Arofanatics forum. |
| title_short | A study of the social networks and structure on Arofanatics forum. |
| title_sort | study of the social networks and structure on arofanatics forum |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19134 |
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