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Recent years have seen amateur personal stories, focusing on “me,” flourish on social net- igital
working sites and in digital storytelling workshops. The resulting digital stories could be
L
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called “mediatized stories.” This book deals with these self-representational stories, D U
aiming to understand the transformations in the age-old practice of storytelling that have IT N S
D
become possible with the new, digital media. Its approach is interdisciplinary, exploring O B torytelling,
R Y
how the mediation or mediatization processes of digital storytelling can be grasped and
,
offering a sociological perspective of media studies and a socio-cultural take of the
D Mediatized
educational sciences. Aesthetic and literary perspectives on narration as well as question-
i
g
ing from an informatics perspective are also included.
i
t S
a tories
“In this insightful and original volume, international scholars draw on an exciting range of
l
perspectives to understand the transformative potential of digital media for human
S
expression and recognition of others.” t
o
Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Media
and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science r
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“Digital Storytelling, Mediatized Storiesdefines an important new field in media studies.
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Contributions address current discussions concerning media and identity, the democra- l Self-representations in New Media
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tizing potential of new media, as well as significant debates regarding how we best theo -
i
n
rize ‘media’ and ‘mediatization.’ This is a ‘must-read’ collection for anyone interested in
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global perspectives on narrative, new media, and the larger impacts and potentials of dig- ,
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ital technologies on both our individual and collective lives as de facto global citizens.”
Charles Ess, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Drury University e
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KNUT LUNDBYis Professor of Media Studies in the Department of
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Media and Communication at the University of Oslo, Norway. He i
z
holds a Dr.philos. in sociology from the University of Oslo. He was
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the founding director of the interdisciplinary research centre Inter- d
Media at the University of Oslo, focusing on design, communication, S
and learning in digital environments. He is the director of the Medi- t
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atized Stories project which this book draws upon.
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Digital
Storytelling,
Mediatized
Stories
Steve Jones
General Editor
Vol. 52
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Self-representations in New Media
Knut Lundby, Editor
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Digital storytelling, mediatized stories: self-representations
in new media / edited by Knut Lundby.
p. cm. — (Digital formations; v. 52)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Interactive multimedia. 2. Digital storytelling.
I. Lundby, Knut.
QA76.76.I59D57 006.7—dc22 2008014443
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Contents
1. Introduction: Digital storytelling, mediatized stories ............1
knut lundby
PART I CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES
2. Tales of mediation: Narrative and digital media
as cultural tools ...................................................................21
ola erstad and james v. wertsch
3. Digital storytelling, media research and democracy:
Conceptual choices and alternative futures ........................41
nick couldry
4. Boundaries and bridges: Digital storytelling in
education studies and media studies ..................................61
kirsten drotner
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PART II REPRESENTING ONESELF
5. ‘It’s good for them to know my story’: Cultural
mediation as tension ...........................................................85
nancy thumim
6. Mediatized lives: Autobiography and assumed
authenticity in digital storytelling .....................................105
birgit hertzberg kaare and knut lundby
7. Self-presentation through multimedia: A Bakhtinian
perspective on digital storytelling .....................................123
mark evan nelson and glynda a. hull
PART III STRATEGIES OF DIGITAL NARRATION
8. Digital storytelling as a ‘discursively ordered domain’ ......145
kelly mcwilliam
9. Identity, aesthetics, and digital narration .........................161
lotte nyboe and kirsten drotner
10. Narrative strategies in a digital age: Authorship
and authority ......................................................................177
larry friedlander
PART IV CHALLENGING AUTHORITIES
11. Problems of expertise and scalability in self-made
media .................................................................................197
john hartley
12. Agency in digital storytelling: Challenging the
educational context ...........................................................213
ola erstad and kenneth silseth
13. Fairytale parenting: Contextual factors influencing
children’s online self-representation .................................233
elisabeth staksrud
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PART V ON THE EDGE
14. Creative brainwork: Building metaphors of identity
for social science research ................................................253
david gauntlett
15. Does it matter that it is digital? ........................................271
tone bratteteig
16. Shaping the ‘me’ in MySpace: The framing of profiles
on a social network site .....................................................285
david brake
Notes on contributors ..............................................................301
Index ........................................................................................307
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