Extreme participation inequality is characteristic of email lists and
conferencing systems.
THis could be taken as a consequence of the effects below.
However the bilateral (etc) interchanges which can occur invisibly to the
rest of the on-line community might be an equalising factor.
-----Original Message-----
From: Albert J. Kirshen, MD, FRCPC <[log in to unmask]>
>There are studies on the effect of group size on interaction. As an
>example....
>
>>From a book I have by Graham Gibbs on "Discussion with more students"
>In a study on patterns of discussion in small groups, in a group of 5
>members, one member of the group made on average 43% of the contributions
>while the 5th member made only 7%. As group size increased, the unequal
>pattern of the contruibtions became more marked with the one member
>contributing a great deal more than the rest and most members speaking very
>little (<10%)
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