Document (#20023)

Author

Osborne, L.N.

Title

Topic development in USENET newsgroups

Source

Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 49(1998) no.11, S.1010-1016

Year

1998

Abstract

While computer mediated discussions, such as those that take place in NEWSNET newsgroups, superficially appear to be analogous to verbal discussions, observation has shown significant differences. USENET topics are created, and they evolve, mutate, and become extinct in ways fundametally different from spoken dialogue. These differences can be explained partially by the asynchronous nature of electronic communication, as well as by other factors unique to such wide-scale multi-user media

Theme

Internet

Object

USENET

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