Research on the Characteristics of the Curator and Benefit of Digital and Entity Integration Curation – A Study of the Gallery of Creative Life

• Main Authors: YING-CHI CHIU, 邱盈綺
• Other Authors: Yueh-Hsiu Giffen Cheng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99h85q

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 創意生活設計系 === 106 === Nowadays, the Internet and technology are advanced, and that make many opportunities, occupations, and possibilities that have never existed before. With the progress and popularization of personal computers and mobile devices, businesses, arts, knowledge, non-profit organizations and other fields have entered the Internet. The use of online community such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest has become one of the major channels for masses to receive information, learn and entertainment, and it also the bridge for industries to communicate with the masses and even make transactions. However, with the vast data, how the contents stand out and how to generate value? This study used the concept of curating and applied to the promotion of information on the online community, and explored the operational benefits of digital content curating and the development of curator characteristics. This study explored the origins, the evolution, functions, differences, and applications of entity curation and digital content curation from literature and used the above literature to define the "Digital and Entity Integration Curation" that merge the above two curatorial modes, and then explored the characteristics and development of the curator, the operation efficiency, and the relationship of curator, online community platform, and the main subjects and content. This research using Action Research method and took Gallery of Creative Life as an entity curatorial field and established Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest as digital content curation platforms. In the early stage, using reflective form, the insight of digital platform and interview visitors randomly as a follow-up amendment, and using focusing group interviewing and expert interviews in the later stage. In the research, Triangulation method was used for processing data analysis basis. Based on a comprehensive and complete research process and practice, this study finds that as the curator of this type of curation needs to have insights, variety knowledge, ability of writing, know-how to manage virtual and real platform etc.; about the benefits of the operation are divided into the audience, the platforms and the participants. Finally, the relationship model between curator, audience, virtual and real platform and content of curating is constructed, which is used as the application and reference for the future Digital and Entity Integration Curation.