Smith, M. Measuring the social structure of the Usenet, Unpublished paper, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997.  Home/Search   Document Not in Database   Summary   Related Articles

....between newsgroups. When people do cross post, they are unspecific about the groups they cross post to, as indicated by the fact that the average newsgroup cross posted to over 200 others. This in turn argues against the view that there are tight conversational links between different newsgroups [15]. We also tested a number of predictions derived from the common ground model. These were mainly verified for the effects of demographics on common ground. The demographic variables of moderation, familiarity and smaller newsgroups all increased common ground as measured by increased message ....

Smith, M. Measuring the social structure of the Usenet, Unpublished paper, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997.

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