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WRT-4370: Storytelling & New Media

This course explores three main questions: 1) Why do human beings tell stories? 2) How has new media and the Internet changed storytelling? 3) What does this mean for each of us as we go out into the world as storytellers? The course will begin with an exploration of the purposes of storytelling in general with an emphasis on empirical studies, including its scientifically proven ability to create empathy and improve communication. We will then discuss how fiction and creative nonfiction have changed as a result of new media, as well as exploring other storytelling forms such as transmedia and hyperlinked fiction. Students will be asked to identify the changes they see in the world of literary storytelling and experiment with different storytelling forms in their own writing.
Min. Credits: 3.0
Credit Basis: Quarter credit
Location(s): Antioch Univ Santa Barbara
Method(s): Online (asynchronous)
Faculty Consent Required: N
Program Approval Required: N
Course Type Liberal Arts, Science & Social Science



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