Narrative Metadata Creation and Pinterest: An Exploratory Study

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Mundstock, Rachel
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
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  • In this exploratory research paper, the popular social tagging system site, Pinterest, is examined through the lens of narrative metadata creation. Based on content analysis taken from a selected sample of 'pinboard' names from Pinterest, and set names from Flickr, this research analyzed the types of names given by users. With a specific focus on the use of Hubble Space Telescope images, encompassing ten named items from each site, this paper found that the social network aspect of the Pinterest leads users to express themselves through their choice of 'pinboard' names. In contrast, Flickr users relied on naming conventions that were more descriptive of the image content.
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  • Greenberg, Jane
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  • Master of Science in Information Science
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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