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Subject:    [DMCA_Discuss] Researchers Identify Digital Storytelling Elements
From:       "Seth Johnson" <seth.johnson () realmeasures ! dyndns ! org>
Date:       2003-01-28 20:16:17
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(Forwarded from Online News list.  This looks very similar to 
formalist, structuralist analysis from many years ago.  Greimas did 
stuff on narratology way back; there's also Roman Jakobson among many 
names that can be cited as having worked on the structure of 
communication early on.  Now extended to an analysis of interactive 
communication.  This stuff will grow more and more useful as we draw 
closer and closer to the implications of digital technology in the 
context of the structural workings of information and communication, 
and of the fact/expression dichotomy with respect to copyright law [as 
described most forcefully in Feist Publications -- even more forcefully 
than even the authors of that decision may realize] -- Seth)

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From: Sreenath Sreenivasan <ss221@columbia.edu>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:00:16 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [ON] PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Identify Digital Storytelling 
Elements

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Reax?
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:21:04 -0600
From: "cfiebich@ndn.org" <cfiebich@ndn.org>
To: NDN Contact List <cfiebich@ndn.org>
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Identify Digital Storytelling
Elements

CONTACT:
Christina Fiebich
612-385-5207
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CRACKING THE CODE OF INTERACTIVITY
Researchers Identify Digital Storytelling Elements

MINNEAPOLIS‹January 28, 2003‹ Researchers at the Institute for New 
Media Studies and New Directions for News have finally done what so 
many have tried  cracked the code of interactivity.  Interactivity, 
arguably the most ambiguous of terms used in describing digital 
content, consists of five distinct elements, according to researchers 
Nora Paul of the INMS and Christina Fiebich, of NDN. In a new online 
resource, Elements of Digital Storytelling 
<http://www.inms.umn.edu/elements/> these Elements: media, action, 
relationship, context, and communication, have been defined and 
illustrated.  The Elements website will help inspire practitioners 
looking for guidance about best practices in developing new 
storytelling forms, and will serve as a resource for educators needing 
to explain the new storytelling environment to students.

³Imagine describing the quality and sensation of motion pictures one 
hundred years ago,² said Dale Peskin, executive director of NDN, which 
funded the research.  ³Filmmakers had to create a new language to 
describe a visual experience in a world of words.  In this pioneering 
work, Nora and Christina have done the same for the online experience 
of interactivity.²

The website, produced with a grant from New Directions for News, and 
designed by award winning interactive design group, Popular Front, 
consists of four areas.  First, a taxonomy for digital storytelling 
provides a clear framework for applied discussion and research. Second, 
a database showcasing high-level application of the Elements in 
journalistic, advertising, public relations, and entertainment content, 
provides real-life, best-practices examples.  Third, a database of 
digital effects research provides a foundation for further studies.  
Finally, a forum provides an area for in-depth discussion.

Elements of Digital Storytelling, designed as a collaborative site for 
exchange of information and ideas, has been received with appreciation 
by journalists, educators, and the public sector:

³This will be incredibly useful, particularly for those coming to 
online journalism from a print or radio background who don¹t understand 
how it¹s different.  This takes the disparate elements and pulls them 
together in a way people can understand,² said Tom Regan, editor, The 
Christian Science Monitor Online, of the site.

³Rich with content--theory and examples-- and well-designed. A good 
example of webucation. I admire its concise style and easy navigation. 
I finished it feeling better informed but more important provoked to 
see what exists and what is possible. A fine example of the way the 
academy can make a bridge to the newsroom,² said Chip Scanlan, director 
of the writing and editing program at the Poynter Institute for Media 
Studies.

³I found the site very informative.  While not looking at it from a 
journalistic perspective, it was still valuable when developing e-
learning for our workforce,² commented Ree McLaughlan, manager, 
Administrative and Leadership Training, State of California, Department 
of Forestry and Fire Protection.

New Directions for News (NDN) is a think tank and research institute 
that fosters innovation in the news media.  NDN conducts programs, 
research, and initiatives with news executives, academia, business, and 
journalists. For additional information on NDN or its initiatives, 
visit http://www.ndn.org <http://ndn.org/> or call 214-929-0292.

The Institute for New Media Studies is a center for the exploration of 
the new media environment and its effects on the crafting of stories 
and content.  For additional information on INMS or its initiatives, 
visit http://www.inms.umn.edu <http://www.inms.umn.edu/> or call 612-
624-8593.

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