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A New Hope: Negotiating the Integration of Transmedia Storytelling and Literacy Instruction
Author(s) -
Slota Stephen T.,
Young Michael F.,
O'Byrne W. Ian,
Ballestrini Kevin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1002/jaal.512
Subject(s) - narrative , storytelling , literacy , affordance , pedagogy , sociocultural evolution , sociology , variety (cybernetics) , negotiation , mathematics education , psychology , multimedia , computer science , literature , art , social science , anthropology , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence
Transmedia storytelling occurs when integral elements of a particular narrative are dispersed across multiple delivery channels using multiple media for the purpose of creating an integrated and coordinated storytelling experience. Educators have the opportunity to reconceptualize what literacy and learning could and should look like in and out of school. It provides opportunities for students to create their own stories that expand the lore and mythology of the overarching narrative and challenges them to resolve a variety of open, nonlinear problems. These narratives also contain sociocultural elements and therefore have the opportunity to connect to readers on different levels. In this column, the authors examine the affordances and possibilities of embedding transmedia narrative and elements of gaming into literacy instruction.