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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| author | Chan, Kay Kit. |
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| description | 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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| spelling | ntu-10356/204342020-09-27T20:15:24Z Organization of information in newsgroups and discussion lists Chan, Kay Kit. Harvey, Ross School of Applied Science DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information systems 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. Master of Science (Information Studies) 2009-12-15T02:59:35Z 2009-12-15T02:59:35Z 1997 1997 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20434 en NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 47 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information systems Chan, Kay Kit. Organization of information in newsgroups and discussion lists |
| title | Organization of information in newsgroups and discussion lists |
| title_full | Organization of information in newsgroups and discussion lists |
| title_fullStr | Organization of information in newsgroups and discussion lists |
| title_full_unstemmed | Organization of information in newsgroups and discussion lists |
| title_short | Organization of information in newsgroups and discussion lists |
| title_sort | organization of information in newsgroups and discussion lists |
| topic | DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information systems |
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