Simon Ceh

Creativity in the Internet Age: Browsing the Digital Transformation of Creative Behaviors

The digitalization affects all areas of our lives and creativity is by no means an exception. Creativity research agrees that the environment affects whether and how we engage in creative behaviors and plays a defining role for creative achievements. Yet, little attention has been devoted to the study of digital environments, although they affect creativity in many ways. In my dissertation, I draw from literature in the field of creativity research, media studies, and human-computer interaction and quantify the extent and importance of the digital world, with a special focus on the Internet and online environments, for creativity. Specifically, I use methods like text mining and topic modeling alongside surveying methods to better understand creativity in the digital age.