DELINEATING TOPIC AND DISCUSSANT TRANSITIONS IN ONLINE COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS

Noriko Imafuji Yasui, Xavier Llorà, David E. Goldberg, Yuichi Washida, Hiroshi Tamura

2007

Abstract

In this paper, we propose some methodologies for delineating topic and discussant transitions in online collaborative environments, more precisely, focus group discussions for product conceptualization. First, we propose KEE (Key Elements Extraction) algorithm, an algorithm for simultaneously finding key terms and key persons in a discussion. Based on KEE algorithm, we propose approaches for analyzing two important factors of discussions: discussion dynamics and emerging social networks. Examining our approaches using actual network-based discussion data generated by real focus groups in a marketing environment, we report interesting results that demonstrate how our approaches could effectively discover knowledge in the discussions.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Imafuji Yasui N., Llorà X., E. Goldberg D., Washida Y. and Tamura H. (2007). DELINEATING TOPIC AND DISCUSSANT TRANSITIONS IN ONLINE COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS . In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-972-8865-89-4, pages 14-21. DOI: 10.5220/0002381000140021

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis07,
author={Noriko Imafuji Yasui and Xavier Llorà and David E. Goldberg and Yuichi Washida and Hiroshi Tamura},
title={DELINEATING TOPIC AND DISCUSSANT TRANSITIONS IN ONLINE COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2007},
pages={14-21},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002381000140021},
isbn={978-972-8865-89-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - DELINEATING TOPIC AND DISCUSSANT TRANSITIONS IN ONLINE COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS
SN - 978-972-8865-89-4
AU - Imafuji Yasui N.
AU - Llorà X.
AU - E. Goldberg D.
AU - Washida Y.
AU - Tamura H.
PY - 2007
SP - 14
EP - 21
DO - 10.5220/0002381000140021