MetaViz

I just got an interesting e-mail:

My name is Eric Baumer, and I’m a PhD student in the Department of Informatics at UC Irvine. I’m working on a project called metaViz (metaviz.org), which is designed to find potential conceptual metaphors in political blogs. The goal is to draw reader’s attention to patters suggestive of metaphor, give them the opportunity them to reflect on what those patterns mean, and encourage them to come up with their own interpretation. There’s a tutorial video on the site that has more detail about how to use the visualization.
I thought you might be interested to see that Classical Values is one of the blogs we’re analyzing with metaViz. You can also look at aggregates of all the Democratic or Republican blogs we’re tracking, as well as campaign speeches by McCain and Obama.
Feel free to post about metaViz. If any of your readers might live in Orange County, CA, you can also mention that we’re looking for participants for a user study and direct them to our contact page. I’m more than happy to answer any questions you may have, and thanks for your time.

Of course I’m always interested in research. Especially when I’m the subject. Have a look and let Mr Baumer know what you think. A comment or two here wouldn’t hurt either.