[Air-L] Research on hypertext

[KMV]

This book may be of interest:

http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=297291

Here's the descriptive blurb:

"Links" are among the most basic—and most unexamined—features of
online life. Bringing together a prominent array of thinkers from
industry and the academy, The Hyperlinked Society addresses a
provocative series of questions about the ways in which hyperlinks
organize behavior online. How do media producers' considerations of
links change the way they approach their work, and how do these
considerations in turn affect the ways that audiences consume news and
entertainment? What role do economic and political considerations play
in information producers' creation of links? How do links shape the
size and scope of the public sphere in the digital age? Are hyperlinks
"bridging" mechanisms that encourage people to see beyond their
personal beliefs to a broader and more diverse world? Or do they
simply reinforce existing bonds by encouraging people to ignore social
and political perspectives that conflict with their existing interests
and beliefs?

Best,

Kim

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:39 AM, jeremy hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu> wrote:
> Have you checked the proceedings of the Hypertext conferences?   It seems a
> likely place to find this sort of thing.
> On Nov 23, 2008, at 11:19 AM, Øystein Pedersen Dahlen wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> Is there anybody out there who knows about research on hyperlinks in
>> web news outlets that goes beyond counting the number of hyperlinks?
>> More precisely: content analysis of interlinked texts that gives a
>> better understanding of the connection between the primary and linked
>> texts, like answering question if the linked texts give the reader more
>> knowledge and understanding of the news by using these hyperlinks.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Øystein Pedersen Dahlen
>> Volda University College
>> Norway
>>
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