Digital Identity and Everyday Activism [electronic resource] : Sharing Private Stories with Networked Publics /
Vivienne, Sonja.author.
This book reinvigorates the space between scholarly texts on self-representation, voice and agency and practical field-guides to community media and digital storytelling. It offers reflection on the ethical praxis of co-creative media, and an indispensable suite of digitally savvy representation strategies, pertinent to modern people everywhere.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword by John Hartley; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; What is a digital story?; Everyday activism and social change; Participatory culture and the digital divide; Social convergence: Publicness and privacy; Queer community voice and intimate citizenship; Roadmap; 2 The 'Social' in Storytelling; Personal storytelling for social change; The emergence of digital storytelling; Cultural significance, critical problems; Potentials of online storytelling; Digital storytelling in online spaces; Intimate Citizenship 3.0
3 Identity: Nominalisation, Authenticity and IncoherenceUnderstanding identity in theory and practice; Nature versus nurture: Theoretical frameworks for identity; Claiming identity in practice: The problem of visibility; Nominalising queer; Disrupting categories; Crafting 'authenticity'; Performance and self-representation; Narrative coherence; Partial opacity and inadequate communication; Transgression, complexity and fluidity; 4 Case Studies in Voice; Mediating voice in theory and practice; Facilitating voice: Working with groups; What's Your Story?; Positive Stories; Rainbow Family Tree
Orchestrating voice: Speaking across differenceThe gift of the voice: Rhetorical devices and tonal qualities; Social movements, framing processes; Emotive language and social norms; 5 The Private in Networked Publics; Publics and audiences; Imagined publics and social convergence; Networked identity work; Building bridges: Tributes, affirmations and provocations; Publicness and privacy; Digitally mediated identities; Curated exhibitions of selfhood; Otherness and outness: A typology; Textual approaches to production; Modes of content sharing; Agency and ownership
6 Provocations: Digital Storytelling = Social ChangeMicro; 'Authenticity', coherence and congruence; Nominalisation, framing devices and bracketing; Negotiating meaning; Meso; Grassroots sustainability; Online curation; Institutional facilitation; Collective engagement and mindful listening; Macro; Appeal of genre; Marketing; Speaking across difference; Measuring social significance; 7 What Lessons to Bear Forth?; Retracing the journey . . . and takeaway insights; New horizons; Intimate Citizenship 3.0; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book reinvigorates the space between scholarly texts on self-representation, voice and agency and practical field-guides to community media and digital storytelling. It offers reflection on the ethical praxis of co-creative media, and an indispensable suite of digitally savvy representation strategies, pertinent to modern people everywhere.
Communication.
Children's literature.
Social sciences.
Economic development.
Social change.
Media Studies.
Children's Literature.
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