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Transboundary E-wasteMain MenuIntroduction: a map of the map.An introductory page for users after the landing page.Defining a starting point for the controversy map.A description of how we obtained a floating statement for the controversy map.Mapping the controversy on the web.A path containing the movements through the web corpus.Mapping the controversy on the scholarly web.A path leading users through the controversy as it can be traced in the scholalrly literature.Key findings.A short summary of key findings with links to appropriate parts of the map.Procedures for mapping the wild web.A path through the procedures we used to map the wild web.Procedures for mapping the scholarly web.A path through the procedures used to map the scholarly web.References, further reading, and tools.A page offering a list of suggested further reading and descriptions of main tools used in this controversy map.Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688eJohn-Michael Davisf787e14b50e5a81b5a0cddeca64901018c933909Donny Persaud113ae967bd2d3037d2982353d771c6ad48515166Grace Akesebb4c76b563d1dcb8fc6851361486b801fce50755Liwen Chen0afa93a5fb126f8db135c704ec2d04b9f33ea134
Procedure for moving from locations to timelines.
12017-02-03T10:00:08-08:00Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688e68268A description of the procedure used to visualize how the web debates have evolved over time.plain2017-05-12T08:14:52-07:00Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688eReferences, further reading, and tools.A page offering a list of suggested further reading and descriptions of main tools used in this controversy map.
A timeline of the controversy map was created by identifying the date (year and month) of each source document URL in the “corpus of quotes”. This was simply done by visiting each website and identifying the date when the document was published. The date identification of source document URLs was limited to those listed in the “corpus of quotes” as they link to the analyses made in previous movements and searching all 1,100 source documents would be a time intensive task.
A total of 69 unique source document URLs were listed in the corpus of quotes and the date of each URL was listed in an excel spreadsheet. Of the 69 source document URLs searched, only 5 did not display dates. The date of each source document URL was added to the linked quote in the Debate Graph, and an overview of all dates was illustrated in a scatterplot.
Density Design's "Raw" platform was used to produce the visualization of meta-issues over time. A word count for each meta-issue in each year provide the underlying data for the visualization.
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12017-01-10T10:41:01-08:00Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688eProcedures for mapping the wild web.Josh Lepawsky14A path through the procedures we used to map the wild web.plain3770622017-12-06T04:59:58-08:00Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688e