The mobile story : narrative practices with locative technologies / edited by Jason Farman.

Other author Farman, Jason, 1977- editor.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Routledge, 2014.
Descriptionxi, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Mobile computing--Social aspects.
Digital media--Social aspects.
Storytelling.
Spatial behavior.
Hypertext literature.
Telecommunication--Social aspects.

Contents Part I. Narrative and site-specific authorship -- Site-specificity, pervasive computing, and the reading interface / Jason Farman -- The interrelationships of mobile storytelling : merging the physical and the digital at a national historic site / Brett Oppegaard and Dene Grigar -- Re-narrating the city through the presentation of location / Adriana de Souza e Silva and Jordan Frith -- Part II. Design and practice -- The affordances and constraints of mobile locative narratives / Jeff Ritchie -- Location is not compelling (until it is haunted) / Mark Sample -- Dancing with Twitter : mobile narratives become physical scores / Susan Kozel with Mia Keinänen and Leena Rouhiainen -- Walking-talking : soundscapes, flâneurs, and the creation of mobile media narratives / John F. Barber -- Part III. Space and mapping -- Locative media in the city : drawing maps and telling stories / Didem Ozkul and David Gauntlett -- Paths of movement : negotiationg spatial narratives through GPS tracking / Lone Koefoed Hansen -- On common ground : here as there / Paula Levine -- Part IV. Mobile games -- The geocacher as placemaker : remapping reality through location-based mobile gameplay / Ben S. Bunting, Jr. -- Proximity and alienation : narratives of city, self, and other in the locative games of blast theory / Rowan Wilken -- Playing stories on the worldboard : how game-based storytelling changes in the world of mobile connectivity / Bryan Alexander -- "I heard it faintly whispering" : mobile technology and nonlocative transmedia practices / Marc Ruppel -- Part V. Narrative interfaces -- Narrative fiction and mobile media after the text-message novel / Gerard Goggin and Caroline Hamilton -- Stories of the mobile : women, micro-narratives, and mobile novels in Japan / Larissa Hjorth -- Telling their stories through iPad art : narratives of adults with intellectual disabilities / Jennifer Chatsick, Rhonda McEwen, and Anne Zbitnew -- Part VI. Memory, history, and community -- Mobile media after 9/11 : the September 11 Memorial & Museum app / Alberto S. Galindo -- Enhancing museum narratives : tales of things and UCL's Grant Museum / Claire Ross, Mark Carnall, Andrew Hudson-Smith, Claire Warwick, Melissa Terras, and Steven Gray -- Mobilizing ciites : alternative community storytelling / Mark C. Marino -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index.
Abstract "What happens when stories meet mobile media? In this cutting-edge collection, contributors explore digital storytelling in ways that look beyond the desktop to consider how stories can be told through mobile, locative, and pervasive technologies. This book offers dynamic insights about the new nature of narrative in the age of mobile media, studying digital stories that are site-specific, context-aware, and involve the reader in fascinating ways. Addressing important topics for scholars, students, and designers alike, this collection investigates the crucial questions for this emerging area of storytelling and electronic literature. Topics covered include the histories of site-specific narratives, issues in design and practice, space and mapping, mobile games, narrative interfaces, and the interplay between memory, history, and community." -- Publisher website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013005423
ISBN9780415641487 (hardback)
ISBN0415641489 (hardback)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HM851 .M629 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold