Temporal Connections (A occurred before B), default strategy for most people 

Similarity Connections (A and B are similar) 

Entity Connections (A and B belongs to the same entity)


Event Connection Type: Low-Level Connections


Topical Connections (A and B talk about the same topic)

Casual Connections (A causes B)



Event Connection Type: High-Level Connections


Speculative Connections (A and B are connected for reasons inferred by X)

Domain Knowledge Connections (A and B are connected due to X, external knowledge)


Event Connection Type: Supporting Connections


Low-Level Connections

High-Level Connections

Supporting Connections


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Coding narratives that come from data with information about their ordering and textural representation of its content. 

Helpful to understand the overall scheme of information and identify misinformation


Narrative Map

B. F. K. Norambuena, T. Mitra and C. North, "Narrative Sensemaking: Strategies for Narrative Maps Construction," 2021 IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS), 2021, pp. 181-185, doi: 10.1109/VIS49827.2021.9623296.

Narrative Sensemaking: Strategies for Narrative Maps Construction

Event Connection Types in Narrative Mapping


Clustering Strategy

Construction Focus

Algorithm Type

Inter-Story Connections


Strategies used in Narrative Mapping


Graph Structure

Layout, Main Story Placement

Sources and Sink Nodes

Connectivity

Transitivity



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