TY - GEN
T1 - A noun phrase analysis tool for mining online community conversations
AU - Haythornthwaite, Caroline
AU - Gruzd, Anatoliy
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Online communities are creating a growing legacy of texts in online bulletin board postings, chat, blogs, etc . These texts record conversation, knowledge exchange, and variation in focus as groups grow, mature, and decline; they represent a rich history of group interaction and an opportunity to explore the purpose and development of online communities. However, the quantity of data created by these communities is vast, and to address their processes in a timely manner requires automated processes. This raises questions about how to conduct automated analyses, and what can we gain from them: Can we gain an idea of community interests, priorities, and operation from automated examinations of texts of postings and patterns of posting behavior? Can we mine stored texts to discover patterns of language and interaction that characterize a community?
AB - Online communities are creating a growing legacy of texts in online bulletin board postings, chat, blogs, etc . These texts record conversation, knowledge exchange, and variation in focus as groups grow, mature, and decline; they represent a rich history of group interaction and an opportunity to explore the purpose and development of online communities. However, the quantity of data created by these communities is vast, and to address their processes in a timely manner requires automated processes. This raises questions about how to conduct automated analyses, and what can we gain from them: Can we gain an idea of community interests, priorities, and operation from automated examinations of texts of postings and patterns of posting behavior? Can we mine stored texts to discover patterns of language and interaction that characterize a community?
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-84628-905-7_4
DO - 10.1007/978-1-84628-905-7_4
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84883007724
SN - 9781846289040
T3 - Proceedings of the 3rd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2007
SP - 67
EP - 86
BT - Proceedings of the 3rd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2007
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Communities and Technologies, C and T 2007
Y2 - 28 June 2007 through 30 June 2007
ER -