Storytelling
Reposted from April 30, 2017
Technology
has changed the work of communicators and their storytelling, and as it evolves
so will the training. Storytelling moved opera to vaudeville, radio news to
radio theater, film to film in motion to film in sound, color, 3D, on VHS and
on DVD, according to Sabia (2011). Sabia’s TED talk discusses the evolution of storytelling
and how the internet and social media have impacted storytelling by providing a
farther reach than ever before. Social media allows us to share with others our
own stories through video, photo and text.
In
6,000 years of storytelling, it’s gone from depicting hunting on cave walls to
depicting Shakespeare on Facebook walls, says Sabia. Because of the internet
people can broadcast their stories via social media globally. The technology
changes has influenced training for communicators to learn digital tools and
technology. The audience for this type of storytelling is now a global
audience, and reaching them in a shorter amount of time by digital tools and
social media.
The
story telling today uses Web 2.0 tools thanks to technology. Web 2.0 is the
telling of stories using Web 2.0 tools, technologies and strategies, according
to Alexander & Levine (2008, p.42). Web 2.0 allows for stories to be told
in a new way with social media, images, hyperlinks, mobile devices and even
gaming. According to Alexander & Levine, Web 2.0 tools are built to combine
micro content from different users with a shared interest, a blog post, and a
comment, from different people connected by the common use of a descriptive tag
(p. 42).
The
training needed for this change in storytelling influenced by technology is an
understanding of digital tools, social media platforms that are used by
audiences, who the audience is, and various devices used. Knowing how they all
work as well to provide the best story across Web 2.0.
References:
Alexander, B., & Levine, A. (2008). Web 2.0
Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre. EDUCAUSE
Review,43(6), 40-56. Retrieved from
http://er.educause.edu/articles/2008/10/web-20-storytelling-emergence-of-a-new-genre
Sabia, J. (Director). (2011, November). The
technology of storytelling [Video
file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_sabia_the_technology_of_storytelling
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