The evolving intersection of the Internet, new media, and social networking has been accompanied by an evolution in storytelling practices. Examples of these evolving story-telling practices include community-oriented projects from around the globe, such as Capture Wales (UK), Sharing Stories (Australia), Finding a Voice (Southeast Asia), Men as Partners (South Africa), One Million Life Stories...

This study investigated the impact of using digital stories in promoting deeper understanding in nursing students about palliative care concepts. Students (N = 134) created a 5-minute narrated digital story utilizing VoiceThread technology that synthesized and applied knowledge that had been presented in class and course readings. Postsurvey and focus group evaluation data revealed that through...

OBJECTIVES To provide opportunities for intergenerational knowledge sharing for healthy lifestyles; to facilitate youth and Elder mentorship; and to increase the self-esteem of youth by celebrating identity, cultural practices and community connection through the creation and sharing of digital stories. PARTICIPANTS A youth research team (8 youth) aged 13-25, youth participants (60 core parti...

Technology has changed the way in which people tell their stories. This paper introduces digital storytelling and looks at why the mobile is an ideal platform for creating digital stories. The iterative design approach chosen for our Mobile Digital Storytelling system is discussed. Results of a final experiment, comparing our system to an existing mobile system that supports digital storytellin...

There is an explosion of digital means by which people can shape and share stories about themselves. New media and new conditions of telling ‘my’ or ‘our’ story are open to more individuals and groups in society.This special section of New Media & Society relates to such self-representational uses of the new means. Digital stories made by amateurs may encourage social participation in those con...

Over the centuries, stories have moved from the physical environment (around campfires and on the stage), to the printed page, then to movie, television and computer screens. Today, using wireless and tag sensing technologies, researchers and storytellers are able to bring digital stories back into our physical environment. The Tangible Viewpoints system explores how physical objects and augmen...

Pictures are often self-explanatory; they capture a moment in time. However, a single photo cannot represent the whole moment. The creation of photographic stories is a means to better preserve memories. Relying on the content-based and contextual metadata within digital photos we could assist users to explore their collection to create the stories with regard to their events and experiences. I...

We present research showing the possibility of finding stories in a digital text archive through computational methods. Referring to the concept of "archival bond", we define stories as formed by documents that relate to a target activity. We developed a method called paragraph alignment to find such documents and an interactive visualization to discover connected stories in context with proven...

BACKGROUND The Cancer Genetics Service for Wales (CGSW) was established in 1998 as an all-Wales service for individuals with concerns about their family history of cancer. CGSW offers a range of services such as risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing. Individuals referred to cancer genetics services often have unmet information and support needs, and they value access to pract...