Message exchange device and message exchange method

The invention provides a message exchange device and a message exchange method, which can comprehensively collect and classify related items for all messages (contents) in a community using SNS (social networking services). A message exchange device for exchanging messages between members belonging to an arbitrary group using a group function of an SNS, the message exchange device comprising: a storage unit for storing messages exchanged between the members; an item setting unit that sets items for classifying messages to be exchanged between members belonging to the group; a message exchange unit that exchanges messages for each item set by the item setting unit; and an item-by-item message management unit that stores the messages exchanged by the message exchange unit in the storage unit by item. 本发明提供一种消息交换装置以及消息交换方法，能够在利用SNS的社区中针对所有消息(内容)，全面地对相关项目进行收集、分类。消息交换装置使用SNS的组功能来交换属于任意的组的成员间的消息，其具有：存储部，其存储在所述成员间交换的消息；项目设定部，其设定用于对属于所述组的成员间交换的消息进行分类的项目；消息交换部，其按由所述项目设定部设定的所述项目来交换消息；按项消息管理部，其将由所述消息交换部交换的消息，按所述项目存储在所述存