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Expanding the Public Sphere through Computer ... - ResearchGate Expanding the Public Sphere through Computer ... - ResearchGate

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CONTENTS 4 6.1 Authors, Threads and Messages in talk.abortion . . . . . . . . . . 76 6.2 Message and Author Reciprocity .................. 90 6.3 Abortion Density and Metacommunication Density . . . . . . . . 95 7 The Expanding Public Sphere 101 A talk.abortion: August 9, 1994 107 B Density Scores 163 C Supplemental Analysis 167

List of Figures 3.1 Structure of a Newsgroup Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 4.1 Articles in Popular Press Related to Abortion, 1930-1996 . . . . . 65 6.1 Comparison of Newspaper and Newsgroup Activity . . . . . . . . 78 6.2 Authors, Messages and Threads Available Day . . . . . . . . . . 79 6.3 Authors Entering, Exiting and Continuing by Day . . . . . . . . . 81 6.4 Threads Starting, Ending and Continuing by Day . . . . . . . . . 82 6.5 Concentration of Authorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 C.1 Number of Messages Posted by Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 C.2 Number of Threads Posted To by Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 C.3 Spread of Days Between First and Last Message Posted by Authors 170 C.4 Number of Days with Messages Posted by Authors . . . . . . . . 171 C.5 Number of Messages Posted To Thread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 C.6 Number of Authors Posting To Thread ...............173 C.7 Spread of Days Between First and Last Message Posted To Thread 174 C.8 Number of Days With Messages Posted To Thread . . . . . . . . 175 5

CONTENTS 4<br />

6.1 Authors, Threads and Messages in talk.abortion . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />

6.2 Message and Author Reciprocity .................. 90<br />

6.3 Abortion Density and Metacommunication Density . . . . . . . . 95<br />

7 The <strong>Expanding</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Sphere</strong> 101<br />

A talk.abortion: August 9, 1994 107<br />

B Density Scores 163<br />

C Supplemental Analysis 167

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