@inproceedings{6b9bbf9d546d4024b0f631364e2a923c,
title = "A framework for exploring Gray Web Forums: Analysis of forum-based communities in Taiwan",
abstract = "This paper examines the {"}Gray Web Forums{"} in Taiwan. We study their characteristics and develop an analysis framework for assisting investigations on forum communities. Based on the statistical data collected from online forums, we found that the relationship between a posting and its responses is highly correlated to the forum nature. In addition, hot threads extracted based on the proposed metric can be used to assist analysts in identifying illegal or inappropriate contents. Furthermore, members' roles and activities in a virtual community can be identified by member level analysis.",
author = "Wang, {Jau Hwang} and Tianjun Fu and Lin, {Hong Ming} and Hsinchun Chen",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1007/11760146_47",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "3540344780",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer-Verlag",
pages = "498--503",
booktitle = "Intelligence and Security Informatics - IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2006, Proceedings",
note = "IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2006 ; Conference date: 23-05-2006 Through 24-05-2006",
}