Discussion groups on the Internet: journaling

Till, J.E.

Canadian Journal of Oncology 5(3): 379-380

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 1183-2509
PMID: 8853512
Document Number: 445604
Interactive communication on the Internet, as illustrated by the e-mail-based breast cancer discussion group, provides an alternative to the telephone, the fax machine and regular mail, and is a resource for communications research, the potential of which is only beginning to be appreciated. At least some of the messages posted to such discussion groups could be regarded as a form of "journaling". Such messages are eminently suitable for qualitative data analysis.

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