Title :
Analysis of Community Development using Chat Logs: A Virtual Support Group of Cancer Patients
Author :
Ogura, Kanayo ; Kusumi, Takashi ; Miura, Asako
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;
Conference_Titel :
Universal Communication, 2008. ISUC '08. Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Osaka
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3433-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISUC.2008.32
