Dear Claudia, Although I don't have a direct solution for the Google group retrieval issue, I refer you to an article we wrote on analysing online discussions and certain methodological and technical considerations when doing so. The article is titled "Online political discussions. Methodological considerations", published in Javnost, written by me and Liesbeth Hermans. Follow this link for the pdf: http://www.javnost-thepublic.org/media/datoteke/vergeer-hermans-3.pdf I hope it is of use to you. If you have a solution for the google group issue, I'd be happy to hear it. best wishes Maurice
Dear all,
I am interested in doing some research using data from Google Groups; ideally I'd like to have the group archive in mbox or other parseable format. I can't imagine I am the first person who wants to do this and I am wondering if anyone has any tips or ideas.
Thank you.
:::Claudia --
Maurice Vergeer Department of communication Radboud University (www.ru.nl) PO Box 9104 NL-6500 HE Nijmegen The Netherlands Visiting Fellow Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea contact: E: m.vergeer@maw.ru.nl T: +31 24 3612297 (direct)/ 3612372 (secretary) / maurice.vergeer (skype) personal webpage: www.mauricevergeer.nl blog: http://blog.mauricevergeer.nl/ CENMEP New Media and European Parliament Elections 2009 http://mauricevergeer.ruhosting.nl/cenmep Recent publications: - Vergeer, M. & Pelzer, B. (2009). Consequences of media and Internet use for offline and online network capital and well-being. A causal model approach. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15, 189-210. - Hermans, L., Vergeer, M., & d’Haenens, L. (2009). Internet in the daily life of journalists. Explaining the use of the Internet through work-related characteristics and professional opinions. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15, 138-157. - Hermans, L., Vergeer, M., & Pleijter, A. (2009). Internet Adoption in the Newsroom: Journalists’ use of the Internet explained by Attitudes and Perceived Functions. Communications. The European Journal of Communication, 34(1), 55-71. - Vergeer, M., & Hermans, L. (2008). Analyzing online political discussions: Methodological considerations. Javnost/The Public, 15(2), 37-56. ___________________________________________________________________