Social Analytics Through Spyral
Geoffrey Rockwell, Kaylin Land, Andrew J. MacDonald · Pop! Public Open Participatory · 2021
In this paper we introduce Spyral, a notebook environment that works in tandem with Voyant Tools. Voyant Tools is an online digital text analysis environment. Spyral notebooks extend Voyant and allow users to create JavaScript online notebooks with both text and code cells. These notebooks are designed to allow for collaboration between scholars. We also discuss both the possibilities and some limitations of the notebook environment. We provide examples of both tutorial notebooks that can be used for pedagogical purposes as well as examples of Spyral notebooks used in collaborative analysis. Finally, we suggest potential areas for further development for Spyral.