A Communication Model for Non-fiction Interactive Digital Narratives: A Study of Cultural Heritage Websites
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NICOLE LINDSEY BASARABA, 'A Communication Model for Non-fiction Interactive Digital Narratives: A Study of Cultural Heritage Websites', 2018, Frontiers of Narrative Studies;, 4;, s1;Download Item:
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Interactive digital narrative (IDN) is an umbrella term used to encompass
the various formats of digital narrative such as hypertext fiction, transmedia
stories, and video games. The study of IDNs transverses the disciplines of narratology,
game studies, and media studies. The main question this article addresses
is how does the digital medium affect narrative in cultural heritage websites? This
question is examined by proposing a new communication model that considers
the role of digital media — the Creator-Produser Transaction Model — and adapting
existing “tools” of narrative analysis into a “narratological toolkit” for the
study of non-fiction IDNs. The transaction between creators and produsers and
how an IDN narratological toolkit can be applied are exemplified through the
analysis of three cultural heritage websites: Open Monuments (“Otwarte Zabytki”),
Belgian Refugees of 1914–1919, and Storymap.
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Creative Arts Practice , Creative Technologies , Digital Engagement , Digital Humanities , Language and/or Literature, Non-Fiction , digital narrativeDOI:
https://doi.org/10.1515/fns-2018-0032Source URI:
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