From small stories to networked narrative the evolution of personal narratives in facebook status updates

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Cotellership, Distributed storytelling, Evaluation, Facebook, Networked narrative, Small stories, Social identity, Status update

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From small stories to networked narrative the evolution of personal narratives in facebook status updates. / Page, Ruth; Harper, Richard; Frobenius, Maximiliane.
In: Narrative Inquiry, Vol. 23, No. 1, 31.01.2013, p. 192-213.

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