Assessing Online Behaviors through Discussion Forums in NGO´s Daily Working Life

Author

Yao-Jen Chang ; Chuang, Yu-Chia ; Wang, Tsen-Yun ; Chan, Yao-Sheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chung Yuan Christian Univ., Chungli

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

11-13 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

515

Lastpage

520

Abstract

Traditional site traffic analysis based on site visits, page views, number of posts, and length of stay provides only limited insights to online human behaviors. The focus of the paper is to develop a systemic metric for evaluating online social software, and particularly online forums. In the context of NGO sectors, the metric materializes to fit the settings and interests of the organizations with a special focus on the forum´s values on human behaviors such as information sharing and peer support.

Keywords

Web sites; behavioural sciences computing; social sciences computing; NGO daily working life; discussion forums; online behaviors assessment; online human behaviors; online social software; page views; site traffic analysis; site visits; Business; Cities and towns; Context-aware services; Discussion forums; Employment; Humans; Information analysis; Information technology; Local government; Mental disorders; Employment services for the mentally impaired; Human behaviors; NGO; Performance evaluation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology, 2008. ICCIT '08. Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Busan

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3407-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCIT.2008.90

Filename

4682078