[Air-L] Visualization tool for conversations?

[Marc Smith]

Thanks for the plug!

Marc

On Apr 22, 2009, at 8:33 AM, "T. Kennedy" <tkennedy at netwomen.ca> wrote:

> I've also used NodeXL to analyze connections & conversations in online
> forums. Handy and effective, and used with excel:
> http://www.codeplex.com/NodeXL
>
> Tracy Kennedy
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:16:20 -0400
> From: gus andrews <gus.andrews at gmail.com>
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> Hi everyone,
>
> My dissertation involves conversational analysis of the comment  
> threads on
> blogs. I want to be able to visualize which commenters are  
> responding to
> other commenters. Does anyone have suggestions of software to use?  
> Ideally
> I'd like to find something where I can create visualizations as I  
> code,
> dragging lines between one comment and another. (I realize the latter
> request is probably a pipe dream.)
>
> I've already talked to Warren Sack at UCSC about the tool he used  
> for his
> dissertation, and at the moment it does not look as if it will work  
> for me,
> for two reasons: 1) I need to better visualize the connection between
> threads in chronological order, and 2) it would take a lot of work  
> (for
> him!) to massage my data into a format which his software could  
> crunch.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> Gillian "Gus" Andrews
> Doctoral Candidate, Communications in Education Teachers College,  
> Columbia
> University www.gumbaby.com www.youtube.com/user/themediashow
>
>
>
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