Social Media Content for Kathryn Cramer's "In Small & Large Pieces"
Performing Traversals of electronic literature live, online, and using social media channels adds a participatory aspect to the existing Pathfinders Traversal model. We are able to keep seminal works like Sarah Smith's King of Space alive by sharing their existence with a wide audience. This captures more of the depth and richness of the scholarly conversation surrounding these works and allows for recording the ensuing conversation for posterity.
On the day of the Traversal for Smith's work the undergraduate researchers, the ELL faculty and staff, and Dr. Amber Strother gathered in the lab. The undergraduate researcher curating social media feeds had notes from their research and from Grigar’s critical study on hand to feed content into the social media conversations. While Strother performed the Traversal, Grigar moderated the live YouTube chat and later the question and answer session. The undergraduate researchers documented the event on Facebook and Twitter. They also took photographs--mixing in prepared research on the work and its criticism with observations, comments, and interactions with other participants. After the event, we used Storify to gather social media posts and took screen captures of the YouTube Chat. All of this material helps to further document the work and also captures the audience experience with the work.
The research question underpinning this book, “How can a live internet broadcast and social media effort extend the reach and increase participation in a Traversal of a work of early e-lit?,” helped us discover that the use of social media channels did, in fact, extend the reach of the Traversal. The interactions gathered on Twitter differed from those gathered on Facebook. The chat conversation from the YouTube channel had the most interaction and the fast-paced conversation. Using the Storify service to gather Twitter and Facebook, plus photographs, together was a useful way of providing a lasting documentation of the conversation threads. Monitoring multiple channels during the question and answer session allowed for a broader, more varied, and richer conversation.
Facebook
We posted to three main sites on Facebook: 1) the site Grigar set up in 2013 for the Pathfinders project, entitled "elitpathfinders," with 250 followers, 2) the Electronic Literature Organization's page with over 1600 members, and 3) Grigar's own site. ELL Team members with a Facebook page also posted to their own sites.
This post shared the upcoming live traversals planned for 2018/19, including the dates and times for each.
This post provides details regarding ELO's traversal of Kathryn Cramer's "Small and Large Pieces".
This post is another announcement regarding ELO's first traversal of the year, "In Small and Large Pieces."
This post shares the link and time to the YouTube livestream.
PathFinders posted a quote from Kathryn Cramer about her work.
This is a Facebook post containing Kathryn Cramer's bio.
This post is an invitation for viewers to join the Q/A portion of the event.
Twitter
We tweeted on two Twitter sites: 1) Grigar's own site that had over 2800 followers, and 2) ELL Team Member Katie Bowen's site. Bowen was in charge of posting and reposting on Twitter during the event. The hashtag we used was #elitpathfinders, the same hashtag developed for the original Pathfinders project and the new hashtag, #elitlab.
The Electronic Literature Lab shared a tweet containing the live traversal schedule for 2018/19.
Electronic Literature Lab tweeted an announcement for the first traversal.
This tweet from the Electronic Literature Lab provides the date and time of Cramer's traversal, and provides a link to DTC's website.
The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted an image of the setup for Cramer's traversal, telling viewers to stay tuned for the YouTube link.
This tweet from the Electronic Literature Lab invites viewers to join the livestream traversal in YouTube.
Katie Bowen tweeted Cramer's various achievements and current position.
The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted a fun-fact about Cramer's work "In Small & Large Pieces" regarding navigation.
The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted a fun-fact about Cramer's work "In Small & Large Pieces" regarding the software used to create it and the publication.
ELO tweeted a quote from Cramer about her work.
The Electronic Literature Lab invites viewers via tweet to join the Q/A session in the YouTube chat.
Katie Bowen tweeted a YouTube link to the live performance of Cramer's work "In Small & Large Pieces"
Katie Bowen gives a five-minute heads up about the traversal via tweet.
Katie Bowen tweeted a fun-fact about Cramer's work "In Small & Large Pieces" regarding its publication.
Katie Bowen shares a quote from James Daly about Cramer's work via tweet.
Katie Bowen tweets a quote from Cramer about her work.
In this tweet, Katie Bowen shares a quote from Harry Goldstein about Cramer's work.
Katie Bowen tweeted a fun-fact about Cramer as an early pioneer of electronic literature.
Katie Bowen tweets a fun-fact regarding linked navigation through Cramer's work.
Katie Bowen invites viewers to join the YouTube livestream in twitter.
Katie Bowen tweets a link to the YouTube chat's Q/A session.
Dene Grigar tweets a link to the YouTube livestream traversal of Cramer's work "In Small & Large Pieces."
Dene Grigar tweeted a photo of Will Luers performing "In Small & Large Pieces."
Dene Grigar sends a thank-you to those who joined the livestream traversal.
Travis Toth retweets an image of the traversal.
In this tweet, Holly Slocum announces the start of the traversal.
Once the Traversal ended, we announced on Twitter that the Q & A would begin so that the audience could post questions on the YouTube Chat and in the lab. We also continued to post information about the work we learned from the Live Traversal.
Instagram
ELO announced the date and time of the first livestream traversal of 2018/19 in an Instagram post.
The Electronic Literature Lab showed off the computer used to perform Cramer's piece via Instagram.
ELO wraps up the event, and announces the next traversal to be Deena Larsen's work "Samplers" in Instagram.
On the day of the Traversal for Smith's work the undergraduate researchers, the ELL faculty and staff, and Dr. Amber Strother gathered in the lab. The undergraduate researcher curating social media feeds had notes from their research and from Grigar’s critical study on hand to feed content into the social media conversations. While Strother performed the Traversal, Grigar moderated the live YouTube chat and later the question and answer session. The undergraduate researchers documented the event on Facebook and Twitter. They also took photographs--mixing in prepared research on the work and its criticism with observations, comments, and interactions with other participants. After the event, we used Storify to gather social media posts and took screen captures of the YouTube Chat. All of this material helps to further document the work and also captures the audience experience with the work.
The research question underpinning this book, “How can a live internet broadcast and social media effort extend the reach and increase participation in a Traversal of a work of early e-lit?,” helped us discover that the use of social media channels did, in fact, extend the reach of the Traversal. The interactions gathered on Twitter differed from those gathered on Facebook. The chat conversation from the YouTube channel had the most interaction and the fast-paced conversation. Using the Storify service to gather Twitter and Facebook, plus photographs, together was a useful way of providing a lasting documentation of the conversation threads. Monitoring multiple channels during the question and answer session allowed for a broader, more varied, and richer conversation.
We posted to three main sites on Facebook: 1) the site Grigar set up in 2013 for the Pathfinders project, entitled "elitpathfinders," with 250 followers, 2) the Electronic Literature Organization's page with over 1600 members, and 3) Grigar's own site. ELL Team members with a Facebook page also posted to their own sites.
This post shared the upcoming live traversals planned for 2018/19, including the dates and times for each.
This post provides details regarding ELO's traversal of Kathryn Cramer's "Small and Large Pieces".
This post is another announcement regarding ELO's first traversal of the year, "In Small and Large Pieces."
This post shares the link and time to the YouTube livestream.
PathFinders posted a quote from Kathryn Cramer about her work.
This is a Facebook post containing Kathryn Cramer's bio.
This post is an invitation for viewers to join the Q/A portion of the event.
We tweeted on two Twitter sites: 1) Grigar's own site that had over 2800 followers, and 2) ELL Team Member Katie Bowen's site. Bowen was in charge of posting and reposting on Twitter during the event. The hashtag we used was #elitpathfinders, the same hashtag developed for the original Pathfinders project and the new hashtag, #elitlab.
The Electronic Literature Lab shared a tweet containing the live traversal schedule for 2018/19.
Electronic Literature Lab tweeted an announcement for the first traversal.
This tweet from the Electronic Literature Lab provides the date and time of Cramer's traversal, and provides a link to DTC's website.
The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted an image of the setup for Cramer's traversal, telling viewers to stay tuned for the YouTube link.
This tweet from the Electronic Literature Lab invites viewers to join the livestream traversal in YouTube.
Katie Bowen tweeted Cramer's various achievements and current position.
The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted a fun-fact about Cramer's work "In Small & Large Pieces" regarding navigation.
The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted a fun-fact about Cramer's work "In Small & Large Pieces" regarding the software used to create it and the publication.
ELO tweeted a quote from Cramer about her work.
The Electronic Literature Lab invites viewers via tweet to join the Q/A session in the YouTube chat.
Katie Bowen tweeted a YouTube link to the live performance of Cramer's work "In Small & Large Pieces"
Katie Bowen gives a five-minute heads up about the traversal via tweet.
Katie Bowen tweeted a fun-fact about Cramer's work "In Small & Large Pieces" regarding its publication.
Katie Bowen shares a quote from James Daly about Cramer's work via tweet.
Katie Bowen tweets a quote from Cramer about her work.
In this tweet, Katie Bowen shares a quote from Harry Goldstein about Cramer's work.
Katie Bowen tweeted a fun-fact about Cramer as an early pioneer of electronic literature.
Katie Bowen tweets a fun-fact regarding linked navigation through Cramer's work.
Katie Bowen invites viewers to join the YouTube livestream in twitter.
Katie Bowen tweets a link to the YouTube chat's Q/A session.
Dene Grigar tweets a link to the YouTube livestream traversal of Cramer's work "In Small & Large Pieces."
Dene Grigar tweeted a photo of Will Luers performing "In Small & Large Pieces."
Dene Grigar sends a thank-you to those who joined the livestream traversal.
Travis Toth retweets an image of the traversal.
In this tweet, Holly Slocum announces the start of the traversal.
Once the Traversal ended, we announced on Twitter that the Q & A would begin so that the audience could post questions on the YouTube Chat and in the lab. We also continued to post information about the work we learned from the Live Traversal.
ELO announced the date and time of the first livestream traversal of 2018/19 in an Instagram post.
The Electronic Literature Lab showed off the computer used to perform Cramer's piece via Instagram.
ELO wraps up the event, and announces the next traversal to be Deena Larsen's work "Samplers" in Instagram.
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