Integrating content analysis and social network analysis for analyzing asynchronous discussion forum

Proceedings - International Symposium on Information Technology 2008, ITSim

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Erlin, ^a   Yusof, Norazah ^a   Rahman, Azizah Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ALLOYS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; GRAPH THEORY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSION FORUMS; COMMUNICATION STRUCTURES; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNINGS; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL METHODS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSES; SOLUTION CONCEPTS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 57349185997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITSIM.2008.4631996     Document Type: Conference Paper

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