I think the reference is: "The Natural Life Cycle Of Mailing Lists" by Kat Nagel available at (among other places) http://www.tifaq.org/information/archive/mailing_list_lifecycle-sep98-Kat_Na... Janet Sternberg, Ph.D. Assistant Professor and Associate Chair Department of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University Rowin Young wrote:
If anyone does know this reference (or other similar ones) please could they post replies on list, or copy me into them if you'd rather reply offlist - I'd be fascinated to see them.
Thanks, Rowin
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org- bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of M.B.Gaved Sent: 06 June 2005 11:07 To: air-l Subject: [Air-l] life cycle of online discussions: references? (was:
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hi all
I'm wondering if anybody can help me with a reference, this current discussion has got me thinking about the 'lifecycle' that mailing list debates generally seem to go through.
After a particularly fiery college mailing list debate, a colleague mentioned he'd come across a paper somebody had written on the
lifecycle
of mailing list discussions - it might have been specifically
flamewars,
or perhaps just mailing list debates in general. It might have come
from
IBM research labs?
Can anybody point me at this or any other papers on the subject?
all the best
Mark
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