This paper describes a set of visualization tools which aid the understanding of discussion topics and trends in online discussion forums. The tools integrate into the forum'...
Weblogs and message boards provide online forums for discussion that record the voice of the public. Woven into this mass of discussion is a wide range of opinion and commentary a...
Natalie S. Glance, Matthew Hurst, Kamal Nigam, Mat...
This paper presents a novel approach for extracting high-quality <thread-title, reply> pairs as chat knowledge from online discussion forums so as to efficiently support the...
In this study, we analyzed people's conceptions of AIBO, a robotic pet, through their spontaneous postings in online AIBO discussion forums. Results showed that AIBO psycholo...
Peter H. Kahn Jr., Batya Friedman, Jennifer Hagman
—In this paper, we outline the importance of discussion fora for e-learning applications. Due to a weak structure or size of the discussion forum, recommendations are required in...
Fabian Abel, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Evandro de Barr...