DocumentCode
1995406
Title
Analysis of Community Development using Chat Logs: A Virtual Support Group of Cancer Patients
Author
Ogura, Kanayo ; Kusumi, Takashi ; Miura, Asako
fYear
2008
fDate
15-16 Dec. 2008
Firstpage
451
Lastpage
454
Abstract
In this paper, we report the results of a support group of cancer patients who use a 3-dimensional chat system. We examined the sequences of their messages and intervals with chat logs to evaluate the community development by conversational data. The users tended to send serious messages during long intervals, and the roles they played in the conversations changed as a sense of community emerged.
Keywords
cancer; electronic messaging; patient treatment; 3D chat system; cancer patients; community development; virtual support group; Arm; Avatars; Cancer; Dentistry; Graphics; Medical treatment; North America; Second Life; Three-dimensional integrated circuits; Virtual environment; 3DChat. Community; CMC; Chat Logs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Universal Communication, 2008. ISUC '08. Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Osaka
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3433-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISUC.2008.32
Filename
4724501
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