A communication model for non-fiction interactive digital narratives: A study of cultural heritage websites

TitleA communication model for non-fiction interactive digital narratives: A study of cultural heritage websites
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsBasaraba, N
JournalFrontiers of Narrative Studies
Volume4
Issues1
Paginations48 - s75
Date Published2018///
ISBN Number2509-4882
Keywordscultural heritage, interactive digital narrative, narratological toolkit, non-fiction, rhetorical narratology, transdisciplinary
Abstract

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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