Using Epistemic Network Analysis to Examine Interaction, Collaboration and Content Creation in the Scratch Online Community

• In Event: Human–AI Collaboration for Enhanced Interaction, collaboration and creativity

Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between interaction, collaboration and content creation through the analysis of user-generated comments in the Scratch platform. The research focused on more than 45,000 comments associated with the online activity of 200 randomly selected participants over a period of three months in early 2012. Epistemic network analysis was used to identify patterns in the discourse of the comments shared by users in the online community. The ENA models show a higher prevalence of positive and socially-oriented messages within the discourse. Users who actively seek assistance or cooperation through the comments are often acknowledged and provided with pertinent information or knowledge.

Author

• Seung B. Lee, Pepperdine University