Organization of information in newsgroups and discussion lists
The purpose of this study is twofold: (i) to develop a set of methods by which discussions in newsgroups and discussion lists can be analysed. To this end, measurements relating to the physical structure and semantic characteristics of messages and discussions, such as the proportion of messages con...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20434 |
| Summary: | The purpose of this study is twofold: (i) to develop a set of methods by which discussions in newsgroups and discussion lists can be analysed. To this end, measurements relating to the physical structure and semantic characteristics of messages and discussions, such as the proportion of messages containing signatures of their authors and the frequency distribution of discussion lengths and various message types and inter-message relationships, are devised. |
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