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Story Tech: Power, Storytelling, and Social Change Advocacy

Filippo Trevisan, Michael Vaughan, Ariadne Vromen

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (2025), vi, 249 pp.

"Personal stories have the power to stir the heart, compel us to act, and spark social change. While advocacy organizations have long used storytelling in campaigns, the role technology plays has increased. Today, invitations to "share your story" are widespread on advocacy organizations and politic ... more

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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Digital Journalism

Bruce Mutsvairo, Kristin Skare Orgeret (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2025), xxi, 444 pp.

"This book responds to mounting calls to broaden the theorization of digital journalism, addressing critical questions about an emerging yet rapidly expanding area of study, and presenting multiple entry points and approaches that help us understand digital journalism better. Seeking to establish it ... more

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The Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication
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Sudeshna Roy (ed.)

Hoboken; Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2025), xxvi, 430 pp.

"This book offers an in-depth view of how intricate and intractable conflicts can be and how the communicative aspects of conflict are equally challenging. The author reviews and guides readers through classic and contemporary analysis in the field, providing a truly interdisciplinary work. Handbook ... more

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Los YO narrativos: Relatos de poder en Latam-Caribe
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Omar Rincón, Daiana Bruzzone, Luisa Uribe (eds.)

Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), FES Comunicación; Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) (2025), 287

"La gran batalla cultural es entre yopitalismo (libertad total para los negocios y el individuo) y democracia (bienestar social y trabajo por lo colectivo). El debate político es entonces entre un capitalismo que propone un individualismo de tener dinero para consumir y exhibir y una democracia que ... propone promover derechos para todos. La derecha dice que la democracia no sirve cuando ellos no ganan elecciones, el Estado no sirve pero se lo apropian para sus negocios, que los políticos y las élites progres lucran solo para ellos y nos imponen sus reglas morales. “Zurdos” los llama Milei, “virus mental woke” los nombra Musk, e “izquierdopatía” dice en Colombia la política de derechas María Fernanda Cabal. Todos defienden una fe: “¡Viva el YOpitalismo!”. Y esto ha llevado a que el sentido común sea que los políticos, los progres y la democracia son el enemigo. El resultado es que habitamos un momento político tóxico, indignación, polarización, donde triunfan los yo celebrities de hombres muy arrogantes (Milei, Bukele, Trump, Musk…) que no son el pueblo, que son especiales y únicos, superhéroes que guían al pueblo y lo convierten en hordas de fans y seguidores; que juegan muy bien en las redes digitales y en la coolture, esa cultura del pasarla bien, en modo fluido, habitando la euforia del consumo. Su éxito está en que producen espectáculo y emociones para la gente (a la que desprecian) y los periodistas (a quienes odian), pero gente y periodistas los aman e idolatran. Su discurso es hiperpersonalizado, violento, polémico, popularizante, tribalista. Por eso, creemos que si no los explicamos como “personajes” narrativos y sujetos estéticos no podremos hacer sentido de sus prácticas, no sabremos cómo debemos luchar contra sus egos y performances. Este libro nace de este argumento, mas que desde las razones y argumentos modernos, a estos “personajes” hay que entrarles en la lucha comunicativa y cultural desde lo narrativo y estético. Y eso es así porque la política, lo cultural y la democracia no tienen que ver con “realidades” o “hechos” o “razones”, sino con percepciones, emociones y sentido comunes. Para dar de cómo es que operan estas narrativas del poder en América Latina y Caribe les presentamos un mapa con algunos de los casos más resonantes de la región -claro que no son los únicos, sin embargo “para muestra sobra un botón”-. En la primera parte encontramos los textos que dan cuenta de narrativas presidenciales -actuales y recientes, a elección de las/os autores de cada país-; luego, encontramos el análisis de narrativas que se corresponden con voces influyentes (tanto o más que las gobernantes) como son las de la justicia, la legislatura, organizaciones populares o candidatos; y finalmente encontramos un apartado que da cuenta de narrativas superpoderosas: las tecnológicas, las feministas, las indígenas, los movilizaciones sociales que se cuelan en todos las demás prácticas y discursos de la comunicación política contemporánea." (El contexto, páginas 8-9) more

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Story Work for a Just Future: Exploring the Plurality of Knowledge and Method within the Digital Storytelling Community

Antonia Liguori, Philippa Rappoport, Daniela Gachago (eds.)

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (2025), xiii, 227 pp.

"[...] new digital formats require people to craft their stories in new ways while capturing the emotion, nuance, and themes of what they remember and what they believe to be significant. They must learn through reflection, questioning, consideration, trial, revision, and feedback—and chapters in ... the book highlight efforts like workshopping at Berkeley’s StoryCenter, the Smithsonian’s Learning Lab, and elsewhere to give people a facility with digital technology to enable them to tell their stories. This is quite a transformation when one considers that for most of recent history the ability to disseminate stories was in the hands of those who controlled the means of story production—publishers, radio stations, and music, television, and movie companies. Now, with widespread digital access, anyone can, at least theoretically, become their own publisher, their own media company, their own distribution center. The locus of creativity and production does not have to be a Hollywood lot or a music studio—it can be, as illustrated herein, a community center, kitchen table, shelter, clinic, library, or school. The democratization of the production process means access to and participation in a much larger civic space. The purpose of Digital Storytelling exemplified in this collection of case studies and examples is not propagandistic or about spreading misinformation and distrust that nefariously aim to destabilize and even undermine societies. Nor is it about somehow imitating human storytelling by using artificial intelligence to entertain and intrigue audiences. Rather it is about encouraging people to tell their story and thus participate in the civic life of their community, group, nation, and the world. It is about their active, vital role in contributing to a larger good that they may enhance, enlarge, or elucidate by fashioning their experiences and lessons into a receivable format. As is apparent throughout the volume’s project descriptions and free-flowing conversations, Digital Storytelling is young enough that it retains an emergent quality characteristic of a growing form of cultural creativity and expression. Given that digital media will be with us for a long time, one would expect Digital Storytelling to branch out in an increasing diversity of ways, forms, and contexts. And as it grows and diversifies, one would expect its challenges—matters of storyteller privacy and discretion, thresholds of individual and community participation in securing resources and facilities, the underpreparation of participants and the overfacilitation of guides and mentors, limits of copyright and the fair use of digital components, the ethics of dissemination and reactions to reception—to also be addressed in a variety of ways." (Foreword, pages vii-viii) more

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Indigenizing Emerging Technologies

Cultural Survival Quarterly, volume 48, issue 1 (2024), pp. 8-25

"Addressing a rarely-examined intersection, the magazine features eight articles highlighting the use of technology in Indigenous communities. These include AI’s role in exacerbating violence and inequality, the use of AI in tracking salmon migration, Indigenous representation in video games, and ... more

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MIL Heroes and Villains guidebook: Enhance your MIL workshops and trainings with a flexible storytelling approach

Joseph van de Port, Roslyn Kratochvil Moore, Susanne Glaeser

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2024), 34 pp.

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De la narratologie au storytelling digital : Pour une information efficace

Dieudonné Tebangasa Apala

Paris: L'Harmattan (2024), 243 pp.

"La narratologie comme science de la production-analyse-diffusion du récit, touche tous les secteurs de la vie (toute discipline dont l'objet est sous forme de récit) : narratologie littéraire, médiatique, journalistique, catéchétique, éducative, psychologique, analyse et publicité narrative ... more

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Handbook of Digital Journalism: Perspectives from South Asia

Surbhi Dahiya, Kulveen Trehan (eds.)

Singapore: Springer (2024), lxv, 589 pp.

"Handbook of Digital Journalism: Perspectives from South Asia is a descriptive, exploratory book on digital journalism practices and policies followed in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. It brings in-depth perspectives on content, communication, and community between communication th ... more

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Digital Ageism: How it Operates and Approaches to Tackling it

Andrea Rosales, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Jakob Svensson (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xv, 288 pp.

"This anthology contributes to creating awareness on how digital ageism operates in relation to the widely spread symbolic representations of old and young age around digital technologies, the (lack of) representation of diverse older individuals in the design, development, and marketing of digital ... more

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Narratives Crossing Boundaries: Storytelling in a Transmedial and Transdisciplinary Context

Joachim Friedmann (ed.)

Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2023), 280 pp.

"As the dominant narrative forms in the age of media convergence, films and games call for a transmedial perspective in narratology. Games allow a participatory reception of the story, bringing the transgression of the ontological boundary between the narrated world and the world of the recipient in ... more

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Elevating the Uses of Storytelling Methods Within Indigenous Health Research: A Critical, Participatory Scoping Review

Kendra L. Rieger, Mabel Horton, Sherry Copenace, Marlyn Bennett, Mandy Buss et al.

International Journal of Qualitative Methods, volume 22 (2023), 24 pp.

"There is a profoundly troubling history of research being done on Indigenous peoples without regard for their priorities and accompanying calls to decolonize health research. Storytelling methods can privilege Indigenous voices in research. Indigenous people’s knowledge systems have existed for m ... more

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Effect of Short, Animated Video Storytelling on Maternal Knowledge and Satisfaction in the Perinatal Period in South Africa: Randomized Controlled Trial

Maya Adam, Zwannda Kwinda, Mithilesh Dronavalli et al.

Journal of Medical Internet Research, volume 25, issue e47266 (2023), 13 pp.

"Innovative mobile health (mHealth) interventions can improve maternal knowledge, thereby supporting national efforts to reduce preventable maternal and child mortality in South Africa. Studies have documented a potential role for mobile video content to support perinatal health messaging, enhance m ... aternal satisfaction, and overcome literacy barriers. Short, animated storytelling (SAS) is an innovative, emerging approach to mHealth messaging. Objective: We aimed to measure the effect of SAS videos on maternal knowledge and user satisfaction for mothers enrolled in antenatal care programs at 2 public health facilities in the Tshwane District of South Africa. Methods: We used a randomized controlled trial with a nested evaluation of user satisfaction. Participants were randomized 1:1 into Standard-of-Care (SOC) Control, and SAS Intervention groups. The intervention videos were delivered through WhatsApp, and 1 month later, participants responded to telephone surveys assessing their knowledge. The intervention group then participated in a nested evaluation of user satisfaction [...] Conclusions: While the SAS videos resulted in high user satisfaction, measured knowledge gains were small within a participant population that was already receiving perinatal health messages through antenatal clinics. The higher knowledge scores observed in older participants with higher education levels suggest that boosting maternal knowledge in younger mothers with lower education levels should continue to be a public health priority in South Africa. Given the high maternal satisfaction among the SAS video-users in this study, policy makers should consider integrating similar approaches into existing, broad-reaching perinatal health programs, such as MomConnect, to boost satisfaction and potentially enhance maternal engagement. While previous studies have shown the promise of animated video health education, most of this research has been conducted in high-income countries. More research in underresourced settings is urgently needed, especially as access to mobile technology increases in the Global South. Future studies should explore the effect of SAS videos on maternal knowledge in hard-to-reach populations with limited access to antenatal care, although real-world logistical challenges persist when implementing studies in underresourced South African populations." (Abstract) more

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Film- und Fernsehanalyse

Lothar Mikos

München: UVK, 4. überarb. und erw. Aufl. (2023), 486 pp.

"Die Rezeption von Filmen und Fernsehsendungen ist sowohl vom Wissen und den Emotionen der Zuschauer:innen als auch von sozialen Kontexten abhängig. Es reicht daher nicht aus, die "Sprache" von Film und Fernsehen zu analysieren, sondern es müssen auch die Form, die Gestaltung, die Dramaturgie und ... more

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Reporting on Artificial Intelligence: A Handbook for Journalism Educators

Maarit Jaakkola (ed.)

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 133 pp.

"[...] While many AI deployments serve public interest, journalists also need insight and expertise to alert about aspects like exclusions, unequal benefits, and violations of human rights. As part of its journalism education series, UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communic ... more

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Media Loves Tech: Impact Stories

Asma Habidi, Benoit Faedo, Leah Winnett, Louisa Wright

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2023), 24 pp.

"MEDIA LOVES TECH is the name and the idea behind this project that got underway in 2018. The goal is to bring together two worlds that are often too far apart: journalism and the startup community. Together with Al Khatt, a local project partner and non-governmental media organization, we wanted to ... scout, promote, develop and test innovations for the media sector. That same year, a legal support framework for startups in Tunisia came into effect, structured around a label of merit and benefits for entrepreneurs, investors and startups. Just like MEDIA LOVES TECH, it aims to support development through bold entrepreneurial spirit and innovative ideas. Since its launch, the annual MEDIA LOVES TECH incubation program, financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), supports eight to twelve startups. Implemented almost entirely online, and originally as a three-day mentor-supported hackathon, it has grown to become an incubation cycle that lasts three months. It promotes all phases of a startup — from the original idea to market entry. It has been five years since the program was started and it is still going strong. This publication is an initial assessment. Does the belief that progress comes from promoting innovation hold true? Can promoting new media projects with viable business models succeed in an unstable economic or political environment? One needs to look at various aspects to find answers. It is often said that over 90 percent of startups go under in the first two years. Still, startups are often seen as a forerunner to economic development and as having a stimulating effect on the overall economy. Even if initiatives do flop, their traces can still be found in the ecosystem. When assessing the MEDIA LOVES TECH program, it is worth reflecting on what has been achieved and gaining insights for the future. Five projects are presented here. Our team has taken an in-depth look at the projects’ stories and progress and includes key performance indicators. Measuring impact in an unsteady startup environment can be a challenge, and our success stories address this. But as we at DW Akademie believe, “big changes start small,” and so do the startups presented here." (Foreword) more

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Narrating Sustainability Through Storytelling

Daniel Fischer, Sonja Fücker, Hanna Selm, Anna Sundermann (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge; Earthscan; Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) (2023), xiv, 142 pp.

"Bringing together voices and perspectives from research and practice, this volume explores the ways in which storytelling can support change toward sustainability. Unlike other anthologies, the book first provides a sound scientific basis by unfolding the storytelling approach and presenting empiri ... more

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Better conversations about ethical storytelling: Bringing together different perspectives from the development, humanitarian, and philanthropic sectors
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M&C Saatchi World Services (2023), 110 pp.

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The Routledge Handbook of Nonprofit Communication

Gisela Gonçalves, Evandro Oliveira (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2023), xx, 353 pp.

"This handbook brings together multidisciplinary and internationally diverse contributors to provide an overview of theory, research, and practice in the nonprofit and NGO communication field. It is structured in four main parts: the first introduces metatheoretical and multidisciplinary approaches ... more

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Religion auf Instagram: Analysen und Perspektiven

Viera Pirker, Paula Paschke (eds.)

Freiburg et al.: Herder (2023), 390 pp.

"Neben großen Themen wie Beauty, Kochen und Katzen haben sich wachsende Nischen für religiöse Kommunikation im digitalen Raum etabliert. Instagram, das heißt heute auch: gelebte Religion, Bibel, Spiritualität, Kirchenpolitik, Seelsorge und Bildung. Der Band gibt Einblick in die Entwicklung von ... more

The Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication Deep Insights

Los YO narrativos: Relatos de poder en Latam-Caribe Deep Insights

Better conversations about ethical storytelling: Bringing together different perspectives from the development, humanitarian, and philanthropic sectors Key Guides

The Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication
Deep Insights

Los YO narrativos: Relatos de poder en Latam-Caribe
Deep Insights

Better conversations about ethical storytelling: Bringing together different perspectives from the development, humanitarian, and philanthropic sectors
Key Guides