{"id":2871,"date":"2017-11-18T01:58:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T09:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2017-11-18T02:43:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T10:43:09","slug":"you-okay-for-time-network-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/2017\/11\/18\/you-okay-for-time-network-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"“You Okay for Time?” Network Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

For this post, I chose to analyze Kaori Fujino’s You Okay for Time?<\/em>. This fictional short story details the relationship of the narrator, Yoko, and her best friend, with most of their interaction through phone conversations and largely revolving around Yoko’s gift of a Sansevieria plant to the friend.<\/p>\n

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Network Graph depicting interactions between nodes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Below is a network graph made of the characters in this story and their connections.<\/p>\n

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Network Graph showing Edge Type and the nodes involved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are two edge types: one defined by conversation, and the other through interaction or appearing in the same scene. Since the story unfolds mostly through the phone, I thought a graph showing links between edge type and nodes would be interesting.<\/p>\n

This second network graph, though not inclusive and skewed, gives a better representation of the relationships between the characters. While almost all the characters interact on a certain level, the primary relationship is between Yoko and her best friend. The best friend is the link between the other characters, and the second graph depicts that more accurately.
\nIn the former network graph, links are shown between different nodes and while more objective, this network graph doesn’t depict the isolation of the narrator from the other characters. The quality of interaction isn’t depicted by just a simple edge. Though Yoko interacts with almost all the characters, those interactions are superficial and transitory. It mediates it by proportioning node size to the number of interactions and from this, we can see that Yoko’s best friend is a dominant force in that regard. However, the Sansevieria is also a primary character but given its limited physical interaction with other characters and its background presence, it seems to be a much less significant than it truly is. I think many of the limitations of network graphs stem from the human component of making these graphs, as choosing how to determine what qualifies as an edge and even the arrangement of these nodes in a list impacts each graph significantly. This exercise illuminated for me how relationships are lot more complex to depict in simple visualizations than I had previously thought.<\/p>\n

*Images are placeholders until I can embed the graphs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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