Longer Facebook threads with more interlocutors show distinct structural characteristics compared to the broader corpus¶
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q2 i? Threads with 15+ comments had higher average comments per thread (22.96 vs 3.44), more interlocutors (10.17 vs 2.23), and longer threads in words (501.64 vs 64.83) compared to the full corpus. → Gray 2014
Evidence¶
Gray 2014¶
Gray, C. M., & Howard, C. D. (2014). Designerly talk in non-pedagogical social spaces. Journal of Learning Design, 7(1), 40-58. https://doi.org/10.5204/jld.v7i1.153
q2 · i? · the article prints no effect size for this finding · qualitative · r2
Quantitative comparison of the full corpus (n=15,273 comments) against a 15+ comment subset (n=168) and exemplar corpus (n=50). Threads resulting in the most participation were more likely to begin with text and contained fewer links. Status updates averaged 31.14 words (sd: 48.05).
"The threads that resulted in the most participation were more likely to begin with text and contained fewer links than threads that did not develop into extensive exchanges."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
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- Discussion thread length is strongly linearly related to the number of players contributing, indicating collective rather than small-group collaboration — related
- Danmaku hosts mass participation as a continuous collective flow while the discussion board divides learners into threaded small groups — related
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Longer Facebook threads with more interlocutors show distinct structural characteristics compared to the broader corpus |
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Longer Facebook threads with more interlocutors show distinct structural characteristics compared to the broader corpus |
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