Berkman Center for Internet and Society Harvard Law School Norms in Cyberspace

Overview Questions Methodology Findings (So Far) Raw Data Source Code Bibliography and Credits Next Steps

Questions

• Who is using Usenet?
• For what purposes are they using Usenet?
• What are the qualitative differences between individual newsgroups? those that are moderated and those that aren’t? hierarchies? top level domains?
• Are dialogs qualitatively different from group-to-group and from hierarchy-to-hierarchy?
• To what extent is Usenet being used for commercial messaging?
• How do architectural differences affect the nature of dialog in a hierarchy?
• How does the Usenet community self-regulate the behavior of its participants?