Decomposing discussion forums and boards using user roles

ICWSM 2010 - Proceedings of the 4th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 215-218

  Chan, Jeffrey ^a   Daly, Elizabeth M ^a   Hayes, Conor ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b IBM RESEARCH   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCUSSION FORUM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTERPRISE 2.0; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; NEW SERVICES; USER BEHAVIOUR; USER COMMUNICATION; USER ROLES;

COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 80053246526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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