Tags, networks, narrative: exploring the use of social software for the study of narrative in digital contexts

  • Authors:
  • Bruce Lionel Mason;Sue Thomas

  • Affiliations:
  • De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom;De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the eighteenth conference on Hypertext and hypermedia
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This poster reports on a project in progress that is assessing the potential of social software for trans-disciplinary research into narratives in a digital context. One aspect of the project is study of whether folksonomy can be of use in transdisciplinary communication. The study features 30 participants who are tagging 40 websites using Del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us) and then taking part in a series of tasks that involve re-examining their tags. In the poster we will present the background to the project, the methodology of the folksonomy study and the findings that may emerge from it. Through so doing, we aim to contribute to the emerging debate about the utility and role of folksonomy in the arts and the academy [3,7,9,10].