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Published in: Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 4-6/2017

26-05-2017

Interaction and Outcomes in Collaborative Storytelling Systems: a Framework, a Field Study, and a Model

Authors: Joaquim Colás, Alan Tapscott, Valeria Righi, Ayman Moghnieh, Josep Blat

Published in: Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) | Issue 4-6/2017

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Abstract

In the last decades, advances in interactive information technologies have facilitated collaborative fiction writing, which has become widespread and large-scale. This paper proposes a framework to analyze collaborative storytelling systems, made of a set of parameters divided into six conceptual areas. Four of them relate to the systems and two (process and output) to the results of the collaboration. Through this framework we can study more precisely these different factors of the systems, their interplay, and how they impact the creators’ performance. We also present a controlled extended-duration field study on collaborative storytelling, and we use this framework to comparatively analyze these observations and other relevant experiences in the field of co-creation of shared narrative spaces. As a result, we propose a human-information interaction model for collaborative narrative systems, intended to better support co-creation and address the barriers of this kind of systems turning them into new opportunities for collaboration.

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Metadata
Title
Interaction and Outcomes in Collaborative Storytelling Systems: a Framework, a Field Study, and a Model
Authors
Joaquim Colás
Alan Tapscott
Valeria Righi
Ayman Moghnieh
Josep Blat
Publication date
26-05-2017
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) / Issue 4-6/2017
Print ISSN: 0925-9724
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7551
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-017-9290-0

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