The software's content-blind structure makes important controversy actors difficult to find, prompting students to repurpose tool features to the task¶
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q2 i? Students found 'big actors against' the vaccine difficult to identify on the map because placement reflects link structure, not controversy importance, leading them to use the data laboratory search feature. → Solli 2018
Evidence¶
Solli 2018¶
Solli, A., Mäkitalo, Å., & Hillman, T. (2018). Rendering controversial socioscientific issues legible through digital mapping tools. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-018-9286-x
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Episode 2 analysis shows students realized the map "does not directly mirror the controversy" and that Gephi is "content blind"; they solved locating the node diet democracy by searching Gephi's data laboratory and centering it on screen.
"the program does not necessarily make available the salient actors according to the students’ logic (in terms of being important for the controversy, the amount of Bfollowers^,o ri nt e r m sof Btrustworthiness^)"
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Related Claims¶
- Digital mapping tools slow down students' judging and categorizing of online material, prompting collaborative negotiation of how to make sense of a controversy — related
- Students orient to visually prominent nodes (large, central) when beginning to categorize actors on a controversy map — related
- Digital network mapping tools support students in critically selecting and reviewing online data on socio-scientific controversies — a broader claim this one bears on
- Categorizing claims on a website required students to read and interpret content beyond what the visualization tool provides, including evaluating trustworthiness — related
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The software's content-blind structure makes important controversy actors difficult to find, prompting students to repurpose tool features to the task |
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The software's content-blind structure makes important controversy actors difficult to find, prompting students to repurpose tool features to the task |
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2021 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-18 |
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