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Reviews Matter: How Distributed Mentoring Predicts Lexical Diversity on Fanfiction.net

Social and Information Networks 2022-09-27 v3
Authors: Jenna Frens , Ruby Davis , Jihyun Lee , Diana Zhang , Cecilia Aragon
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Abstract

Fanfiction.net provides an informal learning space for young writers through distributed mentoring, networked giving and receiving of feedback. In this paper, we quantify the cumulative effect of feedback on lexical diversity for 1.5 million authors.

Keywords

distributed mentoring lexical diversity fanfiction.net feedback informal learning

Cite

@article{arxiv.1809.10268,
  title  = {Reviews Matter: How Distributed Mentoring Predicts Lexical Diversity on Fanfiction.net},
  author = {Jenna Frens and Ruby Davis and Jihyun Lee and Diana Zhang and Cecilia Aragon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.10268},
  year   = {2022}
}

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