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This article examines Parliament's use of storytelling techniques as a means of representing itself to citizens, and representing citizens to themselves. It does so with reference to the 'constructivist turn' in representation literature—particularly its emphasis on co-constitutive meaning-making—which, as this article shows, is also applicable to studies of engagement and narrative. Storytelling constitutes a vital means of engagement, yet has hitherto received insufficient scholarly attention within a parliamentary context. This lacuna is all the more significant when considering the emotional and often informal means of participation that increasingly characterise the UK's political landscape. In relating storytelling to parliamentary engagement (and emphasising the co-constitutive qualities of both), an innovative visual analogy (based on fractals) will illustrate the conductivity of storytelling to two pursuits: Parliament's attempts to represent itself within the political sphere, and its claims to be relevant to citizens. Both of these pursuits represent key tenets of Parliament's responsibility to engage, and to mediate between citizens and governance. Through the theoretical lens presented here, Parliament's attempts to engage through storytelling will be examined according to the techniques used, and their likelihood of reaching an audience that, in constructivist terms, is created through this act of representation.

Actualmente las estrategias de comunicación para la captación de fondos en el Tercer Sector, requieren cada vez más de una mejor y más creativa integración de medios y conceptos para poder responder a sus objetivos y así llamar la atención de los ciudadanos para lograr recursos que de inicio son escasos. En marzo de 2017 UNICEF España bajo el hashtag #cierraUNICEF, sorprendió con una campaña 360º y demostró que se pueden conseguir esos objetivos de captación y en definitiva que la comunicación sea efectiva. Este artículo analizará la estrategia de este caso que ha obtenido resultados significativos tras haber apostado por un storytelling rupturista, y que ha conseguido ser viral desde su inicio por conectar con su target. Esta campaña demuestra que es posible realizar estrategias de comunicación para representaciones mediáticas de colectivos desfavorecidos efectivas con giros innovadores, y con un mensaje y tono que no deja indiferente por lo inusual que resulta en la comunicación que acostumbramos a ver en el ámbito de las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales para el Desarrollo (ONGD). ; Currently communication strategies for raising funds in the Third Sector, increasingly require a better and more creative integration of media and concepts to be able to respond to their objectives and thus draw the attention of citizens to achieve resources that start They are scarce. In March 2017, UNICEF Spain, under the #endUNICEF banner, surprised us with a 360º campaign and demonstrated that these recruitment objectives can be achieved and, ultimately, that communication is effective. This article will analyze the strategy of this case that has obtained significant results after having opted for a rupturist storytelling, and that has been viral since its inception by connecting with its target. This campaign shows that it is possible to carry out communication strategies for media representations of disadvantaged groups with innovative turns, and with a message and tone that does not leave us indifferent because of the unusual that results in the communication that we usually see in the field of Non-profit organizations. Government for Development (NGDO). ; Ciencias de la Comunicación

Storytelling is ordinarily trivialised as an antiquated oramedia genre, and of less significance in Zimbabwean mainstream media and communication studies, hence it is understudied. Recent studies largely take a literary gaze on storytelling, and do not theorise it from an indigenous media viewpoint or appreciate its convergence with social media. Drawing on concepts of media convergence and the digital public sphere, this netnographic study examines the adaptation of storytelling on Twitter, SoundCloud and YouTube, focusing on patterns of production, delivery, participation, language forms, reception and audiences. The article shows inventive re-embodiment and adaptation of storytelling on online spaces, that is, the endurance and remaking of indigenous media in the context of new media and communication technologies. The manifestation of the folktale narrative style on social media exhibits the rise of a secondary form of orality recreated, reproduced and applied in the digital form and on social media. While digital and social media are perceived as threatening the continued existence of indigenous media, this article attests social media as breathing spaces for indigenous media.

This article examines Parliament's use of storytelling techniques as a means of representing itself to citizens, and representing citizens to themselves. It does so with reference to the 'constructivist turn' in representation literature—particularly its emphasis on co-constitutive meaning-making—which, as this article shows, is also applicable to studies of engagement and narrative. Storytelling constitutes a vital means of engagement, yet has hitherto received insufficient scholarly attention within a parliamentary context. This lacuna is all the more significant when considering the emotional and often informal means of participation that increasingly characterise the UK's political landscape. In relating storytelling to parliamentary engagement (and emphasising the co-constitutive qualities of both), an innovative visual analogy (based on fractals) will illustrate the conductivity of storytelling to two pursuits: Parliament's attempts to represent itself within the political sphere, and its claims to be relevant to citizens. Both of these pursuits represent key tenets of Parliament's responsibility to engage, and to mediate between citizens and governance. Through the theoretical lens presented here, Parliament's attempts to engage through storytelling will be examined according to the techniques used, and their likelihood of reaching an audience that, in constructivist terms, is created through this act of representation.

In postmodern era, rational bound in consumption relations was untied. Signs, symbols and "meanings" created by organizations in consumption, have replaced the use-value of products. The "meanings" created by organizations through public relations, advertising and marketing affect the consumption decisions of individuals. Individuals buy the "meaning" attributed to the product together with the product. Storytelling emerges as an important tool for creating these meanings. Stories disseminate emotions and help to bound people. The purpose of the article is to discuss how "manifesto storytelling", a new way of storytelling, functions in the new conception of consumption. In this context, Dove's "Real Beauty", Diesel's "Be Stupid", Axe's "Boys do Cry", Nike's "Find Your Greatness" campaigns were analyzed through multiple case study method by using descriptive analysis. It was concluded that "Manifesto storytelling" is used by organizations as a tool to create a sense of "being a part of a cause" and to establish an emotional bond with the consumer within the new conception of consumption.

Die transdisziplinäre Schnittstelle zwischen Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft wird im Reallaboransatz als Potenzial für die Erzeugung von Transformationswissen angesehen. Gleichzeitig gibt es offene Fragen bei der methodischen Umsetzung, denen in diesem Beitrag mit Erkenntnissen über experimentelle Formate des Erzählens begegnet wird. Am Beispiel des Forschungsprojekts INTERPART wird den Fragen nachgegangen, wie sich interkulturelle Räume der Partizipation in der Stadtentwicklung erweitern lassen und welche institutionellen Veränderungsprozesse dafür erforderlich sind. Zusätzlich involviert sind zwei wissenschaftliche Disziplinen - Raumplanung und Designforschung - und Praxisfelder. Eine zentrale Erkenntnis des Projekts ist, wie bewusst gestaltete Erzählsituationen die Ko-Produktion von transformativem Wissen fördern, indem sie Partizipation in der Forschung begünstigen und Stadtnutzer/‑innen als Expertinnen und Experten ihres Alltags in die Ko-Forschung einbinden. Die Ergebnisse stellen somit einen Beitrag zum aktuellen Diskurs um partizipative Forschung und Ko-Produktion von Wissen im Kontext methodischer Ausdifferenzierung von Reallaboransätzen dar.

Despite the divisive nature of abortion within the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, where access to safe, legal abortion is severely restricted, effecting legislative reform demands widespread public support. In light of a building pro-choice counter-voice, this work contributes to a growing body of HCI research that takes an activist approach to design. We report findings from four design workshops with 31 pro-choice stakeholders across Ireland in which we positioned an exploratory protosite, HerStoryTold, to engender critical conversations around the use of sensitive abortion narratives as a tool for engagement. Our analysis shows how digital storytelling can help reject false narratives and raise awareness of the realities of abortion laws. It suggests design directions to curate narratives that provoke empathy, foster polyvocality, and ultimately expand the engaged community. Furthermore, this research calls for designers to actively support community mobilization through providing 'stepping stones' to activism.

Children frequently share stories as they play. Oral storytelling brings forth matters to do with language competence, and thus may present challenges for those with varying linguistic ability or those who are have a first language other than the dominant language of the setting. This article reports on a study of children's playground interaction in a culturally and linguistically diverse preschool in Brisbane, Australia. An extended sequence of interaction is showcased in which one bilingual child (aged four years), speaking in his second language, takes up the role of storyteller in a designated 'storytelling chair'. Sequential analyses using conversation analysis show how scaffolding is collaboratively achieved through a teacher's responsiveness and the children's demonstrated competence as storyteller and story recipients. By focusing on the interactional contributions of the members rather than individuals' linguistic development, findings offer understandings about the co-productive and interactive communicative resources required for scaffolding storytelling.

Stories are powerful organic forces within organizational life. This paper examines how the storytelling technique can be used as a method of collecting emotional, authentic, rich, and revealing research data from organizational members during times of increased uncertainty and turbulence. The method is a valuable way in which to gain insights into organizational members' discourses and is used in this paper in relation to revealing their experienced, felt, and displayed emotions while at work. Examples from a research project which examined the emotions and emotional self-management of academics around the world during New Public Management reforms are used to illustrate how the scope of storytelling is credible in exploring significant events that illuminate the meaning that academics give to their organizational emotions. Despite its power, the use of storytelling in organizational literature is comparatively rare, particularly within under-researched contexts such as higher education. The paper concludes with a discussion on the implications for employing storytelling as an opportunity for developing new insights within periods of increasing organizational turbulence.

Researchers and practitioners are beginning to look to community‐based participatory research (CBPR) approaches in their efforts to address social problems with those directly affected by them. Yet additional methods and tools are needed. In this article, we propose storytelling as a participatory method in the context of peacebuilding. Drawing on the Conflict Family, an example of cultural storytelling from a locally led peacebuilding initiative in Ghana, we illustrate the ways in which storytelling emerged as a co‐constructed, culturally relevant, collaborative, reflexive, and memorable participatory strategy that functioned as a catalyst for action. Storytelling helped create a dialogic space for participants to discuss land disputes in their communities. This study contributes to what is known about storytelling by showcasing how cultural storytelling can promote local citizens' ownership for CBPR approaches. It also reveals the ways storytelling can serve as a CBPR method that encourages a relational orientation and the co‐construction of meaning, as well as inspire transformation among local citizens, particularly in conflict situations and peacebuilding contexts.

PurposeThis research responds to a growing interest among cultural organizations regarding how to use emerging digital technologies in the communication of cultural content. The need to investigate various aspects of digital transformation for cultural organizations has been heightened during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This paper explores how city cultural organizations can utilize digital stories for impression management to enhance public perceptions of a city. The aim of this study is to understand how end-users are affected by a city cultural digital storytelling information system and the benefits of using such a system.Design/methodology/approachAn interpretive case study was conducted on a digital storytelling initiative carried out by three cultural organizations in a medium-sized city in Canada. Data collection included 95 interviews with the general public, questionnaires and the gathering of documents.FindingsFindings suggest that digital storytelling can be a viable tool to share city cultural heritage information and positively affect end-user perceptions of a city. The overall outcome of creating/maintaining a positive favorable impression is shaped through a layered experience of benefits by users. Through digital stories, users are first personally engaged and informed about a city's cultural heritage, and then they are influenced and inspired positively toward the city. Further, factors, such as leisure learning, cultural heritage information and cultural organizations, situate this context of use.Originality/valueThe study sheds light on how the art of storytelling in the digital age can serve as a powerful tool for conveying information effectively and influencing public perceptions. This paper provides a context-specific model to understand the use of digital storytelling by city cultural organizations for the purpose of impression management. Theoretical insights and practical recommendations are provided to explore the utilization of digital storytelling for raising interest and awareness in a city and managing public perceptions.

The aim of this study is to explore the impact of digital storytelling (DST) on the academic achievement and democratic attitude of 4th-grade primary school students and to reveal their experiences in the DST process. The study was conducted with a mixed-method approach. The quantitative part of the study adopted a pretest and posttest quasi-experimental design with 30 students. In the qualitative part of the study, two focus group interviews were carried out with 15 students in the experimental group. The quantitative data was collected through an academic achievement test and a democratic attitude scale. The qualitative data was obtained through two focus group interviews. Descriptive analysis, t-test, and qualitative content analysis were used for evaluating data. Results revealed that the students in the experimental group performed significantly better than the students in the control group in terms of academic achievement and democratic attitude. Focus group interviews highlighted that DST is effective in promoting constructivist learning and lack of experience is the biggest problem in the DST process

Introduction PART I: MY VERSION OF EVENTS 1. A Personal Perspective 2. Innovation or Bust - a Short History of Recorded Music PART II: STAKEHOLDER VOICES 3. Value Shift 4. Custodial Tensions 5. Hindsight PART III: A STORYTELLING CONTEST 6. The Analysis of Discourse 7. Strategy as Storytelling 8. Identification of Key Constructs 9. A Narrative World 10. The Inventor's Tale 11. Power and Ideology PART IV: THE PIRATE'S TALE: REFORM OF COPYRIGHT AND THE FUTURE 12. Pirates, Property and Privatization 13. Enclosing the Commons of the Mind 14. The 300 Year War of Copyright 15. My Version of Events: the Future Bibliography Notes