Immersion strategies in nonfiction digital narratives: a short history of the highrise, a case study

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Abstract

This presentation introduces an ongoing PhD research about the application of immersive digital narratives to non-fiction subjects. Relying on Ryan’s theoretical framing, the presentation examines the potential of immersion to engage audiences of nonfiction narratives. The proposed case study focuses on a web-documentary. The study is part in a process towards developing a taxonomy of immersive digital narratives to be applied to a broader corpus of research. Based on Ryan’s poetics of immersion, the presentation examines said web-documentary’s narrative structure in order to determine how the three varieties of immersion, namely spatial, temporal and emotional, can be used to promote an immersive state in a nonfiction context.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationiLRN 2017 Coimbra!
EditorsDennis Beck, Colin Allison, Leonel Morgado, Johanna Pirker, Foaad Khosmood, Jonathon Richter, Christian Gütl
PublisherVerlag der Technischen Universität Graz
Pages191-192
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9783851255300
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jun 2017
Event3rd Annual International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network - Coimbra, Portugal
Duration: 26 Jun 201729 Jun 2017

Publication series

NameiLRN
ISSN (Electronic)2415-1475

Conference

Conference3rd Annual International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network
Abbreviated titleiLRN 2017
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityCoimbra
Period26/06/1729/06/17

Keywords

  • Digital storytelling
  • Immersion
  • Interactivity
  • Nonfiction

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