Collecting conversations: three approaches to obtaining user-to-user communications data from virtual environments

Authors

  • Mika Lehdonvirta The University of Tokyo
  • Vili Lehdonvirta Helsinki Institute for Information Technology
  • Akira Baba The University of Tokyo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v3i3.807

Keywords:

chat log, content analysis, lurking, methodology, online game, research ethics

Abstract

Transcripts of conversations are a valuable research resource in social sciences and can be used to make inferences about subjects

Author Biographies

Mika Lehdonvirta, The University of Tokyo

Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo

Vili Lehdonvirta, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology

Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Aalto University

Akira Baba, The University of Tokyo

Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo

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Published

2011-04-10

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Section

Peer Reviewed Research Papers