Storytelling With Networks

Realizing the Explanatory Potential of Network Diagrams Through the Integration of Qualitative Data

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2411540
AutoresThomas Cowhitt (0000-0003-4104-6155), Toby Greany (0000-0003-3045-7047), Christopher Downey (0000-0003-2379-7799), Chris Downey
Año2023
Volumen22
Fecha de publicación2023-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1609-4069 • E-ISSN: 1609-4069
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/16094069231189369
OpenAlexW4385859586
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas53

Network visualizations are alluring yet deceptively difficult to interpret. This article demonstrates several strategies for integrating qualitative data into interactive network diagrams for the purposes of providing contextual information about actors and their relationships. The result is a new joint display called a Narrated Network Diagram (NND). The development of NNDs aims to make network visualizations more reliable tools for reporting research findings, especially for researchers integrating Social Network Analysis tools into multi- and mixed-methods research designs. Until now, researchers primarily use interactivity to support exploratory analysis of large networks at various scales. However, interactivity can also be used to integrate diverse forms of data without sacrificing perceptual efficiency by essentially hiding significant amounts of text within nodes and edges as tooltips or by delineating additional data within legends, titles, and subtitles

Data mining · Data science · Human–computer interaction · Interactivity · Narrative · Perception · Storytelling · Visualization · World Wide Web · Community Health and Development · Complex Network Analysis Techniques · Computer Science · Social Representations and Identity