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List of Tables 6.1 Summary of Activity in Usenet Newsgroup talk.abortion, April 1994 – March 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 6.2 Categorization of Authors by Number of Messages . . . . . . . . 85 6.3 Messages, Threads, Spread and Days of Author Groups . . . . . . 86 6.4 Comparison of Messages to Threads and Days by Author Groups . 87 6.5 Categorization of Threads by Number of Messages . . . . . . . . 89 6.6 Messages, Authors, Days and Spread of Threads by Decile . . . . 90 6.7 Message Reciprocity By Author Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 6.8 Author Reciprocity By Author Groups ............... 94 6.9 Number and Percent of Reciprocated Authors By Author Groups . 95 6.10 Correlation between Density Scores and Characteristics of Authors and Threads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 6.11 Abortion Density and Metacommunication Density By Author Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 6.12 Abortion Density and Metacommunication Density By Thread Deciles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 A.1 Articles available on talk.abortion newsgroup, August 9, 1994 . . 107 A.2 Authors Posting articles available on talk.abortion newsgroup, August 9, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 A.3 Pro-life gunman kills two in FL: First 50 Articles from Sample Thread on talk.abortion newsgroup, August 9, 1994 . . . . . . . . 122 B.1 Words Used to Calculate Abortion Density Scores . . . . . . . . . 163 B.1 Words Used to Calculate Abortion Density Scores . . . . . . . . . 164 B.1 Words Used to Calculate Abortion Density Scores . . . . . . . . . 165 B.2 Words Used to Calculate Metacommunication Density Scores . . 166 6
Acknowledgements When one takes eight years to complete a dissertation, the list of those who have substantively and spiritually participated grows quite long. At the risk of being incomplete, I’d like to acknowledge the help of many mentors, friends, colleagues and family members. Professors Joshua Cohen, W. Russell Neuman, Stephen Ansolabehere, Hayward Alker, Michael Lipsky and Richard Valelly were all generous with their time, guidance and willingness to serve on various incarnations of my thesis committee. In addition, David Coker, Marion Just, David Hakken, Bill Harrell, Marteen Heyboer, Michael Hochberg, Lee McKnight, Shawn O’Donnell, Nancy Roob, Patricia Seybolt, Michael Spitzer, Bill Thisleton and Linda Weber provided valued assistance and guidance. My family – most especially my wife, Laura Horvath – exhibited patience beyond what anyone could have expected, and for that I am forever grateful. To Addy, thanks for letting Mom put you to bed all those nights I had to work late, and for being willing to talk to me on the phone all those mornings I had to leave early. I only wish our friend, Andy Peik, could have celebrated with us. It is to his memory, and to his spirit as a scholar and a teacher, that this thesis is dedicated. 7
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