Story Circle

Digital Storytelling Around the World

Hartley, John / McWilliam, Kelly (Editor)

1. Edition April 2009
330 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

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Story Circle is the first collection devoted to a comprehensive international study of the digital storytelling movement. Exploring subjects of central importance on the emergent and ever-shifting digital landscape, such as consumer-generated content, memory grids, the digital storytelling youth movement, and micro-documentary, Story Circle pinpoints who is telling what stories where, on what terms, and what they look and sound like. From China and Brazil to Western Europe and Australia, Story Circle charts how tales are being told and retold in the digital age.

ISBN: 978-1-4051-8059-7

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Story Circle is the first collection ever devoted to a comprehensive international study of the digital storytelling movement, exploring subjects of central importance on the emergent and ever-shifting digital landscape.
* Covers consumer-generated content, memory grids, the digital storytelling youth movement, participatory public history, audience reception, videoblogging and microdocumentary
* Pinpoints who is telling what stories where, on what terms, and what they look and sound like
* Explores the boundaries of digital storytelling from China and Brazil to Western Europe and Australia

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

Part I: What is Digital Storytelling?

Part II: Foundational Practices

Part III: Digital Storytelling Around the World

Part IV: Emergent Practices

References

Index

John Hartley is Distinguished Professor and ARC Federation Fellow at Queensland University of Technology, and Research Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative industries and Innovation. He is the author of Television Truths (Wiley-Blackwell 2008) and A Short History of Cultural Studies (2003), and editor of Creative Industries (Wiley-Blackwell 2005). He is Editor of the International Journal of Cultural Studies.

Kelly McWilliam is an ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Industry) in the Creative Industries Faculty of Queensland University of Technology. She is the co-author, with Jane Stadler, of Screen Media: Analysing Film and Television (2009) and the author of When Carrie Met Sally: Lesbian Romantic Comedies (2008).

J. Hartley, Queensland University of Technology, Australia; K. McWilliam, Queensland University of Technology, Australia