ABSTRACT

The online world has recently embraced immersive digital media products foregrounding descriptive narrative that emphasizes intimacy and authorial subjectivity. Contrary to allegations that increasing internet use has deprived the culture of narrative, new digital journalism has sparked a renaissance in deep reading and viewing associated with the literary mind. As nonfictional storytelling ascends to new heights, traditional boundaries separating genres and dividing editorial from advertising content have fallen with the rise of media hybridity. The multimedia feature, on-demand documentary television series, branded digital documentaries, interactive online documentaries, and podcasting have risen to prominence in longform journalism’s narrative renaissance.