The Narrative Subject

Storytelling in the Age of the Internet
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-51188-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 269 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

This open access book considers the stories of adolescents and young adults from different regions of the world who use digital media as instruments and stages for storytelling, or who make the media the subject of story telling. These narratives discuss interconnectedness, self-staging, and managing boundaries. From the perspective of media and cultural research, they can be read as responses to the challenges of contemporary society. Providing empirical evidence and thought-provoking explanations, this book will be useful to students and scholars who wish to uncover how ongoing processes of cultural transformation are reflected in the thoughts and feelings of the internet generation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schachtner, Christina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle Internet, E-Mail, Social Media

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Storytelling as a Cultural Practice and Life Form.- 3. The Narrative Space of the Internet.- 4. The Net Generation’s Stories: A Typology.- 5. A Theoretical Postscript: Time, Space, the Self and the You, and Digital Media as Narrative Constructions.- 6. Narrating as an Answer to Socio-Cultural Challenges.- 7. Narrative Production of Culture.

Über Autor(innen)

Christina Schachtner is Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. Her research focuses on migration and media, network communication, virtual publics, social movements in the age of the internet, and digital media and psychoanalysis.