Organization of information in newsgroups and discussion lists

• Main Author: Chan, Kay Kit.
• Other Authors: Harvey, Ross
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information systems
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20434
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...