The present research utilizes a variation of what is traditionally known as discourse analysis. Thus, the methodology of discourse analysis is atypical of what is commonly referred to as discourse analysis. The archived discussions of ProjectH members were divided into five eras in terms of the main activities completed in each perspective era. Discourse was analyzed by observing the headers for each archived discussion list message, and tallying the number of posts for each ProjectH member over each era created. Then, the total number of posts in each era, and the total overall number of posts by each member, were summed.
Discourse analysis is the study of message structure in communication.
Table 10 shows the 27 months for which archived data were not available. Months of ProjectH Discourse that Were Used for the Present Discourse Analysis. The archived discussions of ProjectH members are divided into five eras in terms of the main activities completed in each perspective era. Division of Eras in ProjectH Discourse. Forty members began to get to know one another 4.