Visualising dissertations on electronic literatureJill Walker Rettberg, University of BergenVisualising Electronic Literature seminar, Bergen, August 19, 2013

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1976-2001 2003-2007 2008-2013

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Abstract in English and original language.

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Diversity:341 creative works cited.

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Cited by only one dissertationCited by two dissertationsCited by three or more dissertations

Two-mode (bipartite) network: two different types of node - dissertations and creative works

Key people in the American Revolution - an edge indicates shared membership in a group (Kieran Healy)http://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metadata-to-find-paul-revere/)

One-mode network of the same cluster

Filtered one-mode network: creative works with at least two references

Electronic literature seen through Amazon’s API (related books)Berry, Borra, Helmond, Plantin & Rettberg, forthcoming. “The Data Sprint Approach: Exploring the Field of Digital Humanities through Amazon’s Application Programming Interface”