I believe the “digital” in digital storytelling is a broad description of all possible forms of storytelling that is now available. There are constantly new apps and technology coming available for people to use. I think Bryan explains his viewpoint very well. His points are a little too long for …
Web 2.0 was a good article to read because it addresses the infatuation with social media. Only lately has it been beneficial to layout a story online and it’s because of the trends listed in Bryan Alexander’s article. He highlights blogs, twitter, wikis, social images, and facebook, which are some …
After reading Alexander’s article, I have decided that the tumblr bot site “Scenes from The Wire” and “Facebook’s The Wire” are in fact examples of digital storytelling. In his article, Alexander writes about how social media sites such as blogs, Twitter, and Facebook are all forms of diaries. I believe …
Reading the chapter “Web 2.0 Storytelling” from Bryan Alexander’s book The New Digital Storytelling was quite interesting to me. What I think of the term “Digital” mean in Digital Storytelling is like for an example, all storytellers are basically creating their stories with all types of the social media that …
One of the tasks we were given for this week was reading and reflecting on Bryan Alexander’s chapter on Web 2.0 Storytelling. I’ve been reading this chapter on and off for the past few days, which honestly I think has… Continue Reading →…
After reading the chapter “Web 2.0 Storytelling” from Bryan Alexander‘s book The New Digital Storytelling, I was opened up to a world where various social media platforms still used today (Twitter, blogs, etc.) are used to tell actual stories, both fictional and non-fictional. From my understanding, what makes Digital …
The Facebook site “The Wire” at the time I viewed it appeared little more than a few scraps of advertising and contest entry invitations. The only impression I picked up here was one of stale yesteryears. Merchants selling mugs and DvDs, no story here for me. Facebook can be an …
I normally approach reading assignments with some dread. It’s not that I dislike reading, I actually quite like it. But when it becomes an assignment with a due date attached to it, it suddenly goes from a fun way to pass time to a job with a deadline. So it …
I guess I should have read the previous chapters of this book because I didn’t know there was a web storytelling 1.0. But, that’s not the point. What is important is my reflection on this information-loaded chapter from Bryan Alexander’s novel The New Digital Storytelling. Before I started reading, like …
What is the “digital” in Digital Storytelling?
It is definitely not just the fact that the storytelling is taking place on the Internet. After reading Bryan Alexander‘s “Web 2.0 Storytelling” chapter from his book The New Digital Storytelling, I came to the conclusion that digital storytelling is similar …
