Computational Story Lab
Script error: No such module "AfC submission catcheck". Computational Story Lab is a project co-run by Chris Danforth and Peter Dodds at the University of Vermont. In the lab, big data generated by social network users are analyzed to parse national mental health.
Research in the Lab[edit]
Computational Story Lab is composed of a growing number of researchers interested in understanding the effects of online life on mental health.
In 2016, Andy Reagan presented a computer program that graph the emotional arc of any story for understanding at a scientific level what the creative process produces, giving validity to Kurt Vonnegut's thesis about six emotional arcs of storytelling.[1] October 2020, the Computational Story Lab's team pointed out May 31 as the saddest day in the year, according to data analyzed through Twitter. This day was also the saddest day recorded by the Lab in the last 13 years.[2]
Criticism[edit]
Some researchers pointed out that that kind of analysis ignores the fact that online platforms have distorting effects.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ Amsen, Eva. "Vonnegut Was Right: You Can Study Stories With Computers". Forbes. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ↑ McGreevy, Nora. "New Research Suggests We're Living in Historically Unhappy Times". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ↑ Schwartz, Casey. "Is Everybody Doing... OK? Let's Ask Social Media". Tne New York Times. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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