Instant messaging: using log files to identify patterns of interaction in group of teenage users.

Davison, Brian; Buckner, Kathy

Abstract

This paper presents preliminary findings on teenagers’ use of instant messaging (IM) as an example of an Internet technology. The results are quantitative, being drawn from the information held in users’ IM log files. The current purpose is to validate the proposed data collection method, and to explore the analytical possibilities it presents. This is done through the discussion of a number of graphical representations generated from the data.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: IFIP WG 9.3 HOIT2005 Conference
• Start Date: Apr 13, 2005
• End Date: Apr 15, 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Deposit Date: May 2, 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 277-290
• Series Title: International Federation for Information Processing
• Series Number: 178
• Book Title: Home-oriented informatics and telematics : proceedings of the IFIP WG 9.3 HOIT2005 conference
• Chapter Number: 20
• ISBN: 9780387251783 9780387251790
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11402985_20
• Keywords: Instant messaging; emoticons; social networks; Internet technology
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2168