Research

Stacey’s research interests straddle the line between the humanities and computer science, spanning a range of  topics from glitch art to interactive narrative. Recent publications and presentations are listed below.

 

Publications

“On Games and Links: Extending the Vocabulary of Agency and Immersion in Interactive Narratives.” International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling 2014, Istanbul, Turkey. November 6-9, 2013.

“TouchStory.” Claus Atzenbeck, Mark Bernstein, Marwa Al-Shafey and Stacey Mason. Proceedings from ACM Hypertext 2013, Paris, France. May 1-3, 2013.

“Glitched Lit: Possibilities for Databending Literature.” Narrative and Hypertext 2012 Proceedings: a workshop at ACM Hypertext 2012, Milwaukee, WI, USA. June 25, 2012.

“Gothic.” Mark Bernstein and Stacey Mason. Narrative and Hypertext 2012 Proceedings: a workshop at ACM Hypertext 2012, Milwaukee, WI, USA. June 25, 2012.

“The Player’s Role”. Narrative and Hypertext 2011 Proceedings: a workshop at ACM Hypertext 2011, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Charlie Hargood and David E. Millard (eds.). Southampton, GB: University of Southampton, 2012. pps 21-24.

Selected Talks

“Captivating Choices: Reconciling Agency and Immersion”. Electronic Literature Organization Conference. Morgantown, WV, USA. June 22, 2012.

“Scruffy-Looking Note Herders: Agents and Document Structure in Tinderbox”. Tinderbox Weekend Boston. Boston, MA. Feb 4, 2012.

“Nuts and Bolts: Data Types, Prototypes, and Inheritance in Tinderbox”. Tinderbox Weekend Boston. Boston, MA. Feb 4, 2012.

“Programming Hypertext: Demystifying Actions and Expressions”. Tinderbox Weekend San Francisco. San Francisco, CA. Dec 10, 2011.

“Piecing Together: Hypertext Links and Document Structures”. Tinderbox Weekend San Francisco. San Francisco, CA. Dec 10, 2011.

“Digging Deeper: Attributes and Inheritance in Tinderbox”. Tinderbox Weekend San Francisco. San Francisco, CA. Dec 10, 2011.

“Dashboards: Summaries and Overviews in Tinderbox”. Tinderbox Weekend London. London, England. May 8, 2010.

“Secrets of Tinderbox: Incremental Formalization”. Tinderbox Weekend Boston. Boston, MA, USA. March 13, 2010.

“Spatial Relations, Incremental Formalization, and Hypertext Mapping”. E-Lit Camp Boston. Watertown, MA, USA. December 11, 2009.