Discussion groups on the Internet: journaling.

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1: Can J Oncol. 1995 Sep;5(3):379-80.

[edit] Discussion groups on the Internet: journaling.

Till JE.

Division of Epidemiology & Statistics, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto. till@oci.utoronto.ca

Interactive communication on the Internet, as illustrated by the e-mail-based breast cancer discussion group, provides an alternative to the telephone, the fax machine and regular mail, and is a resource for communications research, the potential of which is only beginning to be appreciated. At least some of the messages posted to such discussion groups could be regarded as a form of "journaling". Such messages are eminently suitable for qualitative data analysis.

PMID: 8853512 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]