Conversational Analysis of Chat Room Talk - Appendix 7

Overview

This page presents Appendix 7 of Dr. Terrell Neuage's PhD thesis, "Conversational Analysis of Chat Room Talk," conducted at the University of South Australia. The appendix includes data from a baseball chatroom session on March 3, 2000, analyzed for conversational turn-taking and interaction patterns. The full thesis is available at the University of South Australia Library.

Case Study 6: Baseball Chatroom Data

CS-6.1 Table 1: Chatters

CS-6.2 Table 2: All Turn-Taking

The following table captures the sequence of conversational turns in the baseball chatroom, including speaker IDs, turn numbers, and content. Note that some turns reference previous messages, indicated by arrows (/\).

CS-6.3 Individual TCU (Turn Constructional Units)

Below are individual turn-taking analyses for selected chatters. Each table lists the turns taken by a specific user.

CS-6.3.1 Table 3: BLUERHINO11

CS-6.3.2 Table 4: NMMprod

CS-6.5 Table 5: Tangent Topic Thread

This table highlights a tangent topic thread where participants humorously respond to a prompt about the Yankees.