ABSTRACT

In this fifth edition, Brian Carroll explores writing and editing for digital media with essential information about voice, style, media formats, ideation, story planning, and storytelling.

Carroll explains and demonstrates how to effectively write for digital spaces and combines hands-on, practical exercises with new material on podcasting, multi-modal storytelling, misinformation and disinformation, and writing specifically for social media. Each chapter features lessons and exercises through which students can build a solid understanding of the ways that digital communication provides opportunities for dynamic storytelling and multi-directional communication. Broadened in scope, this new edition also speaks to writers, editors, public relations practitioners, social media managers, marketers, as well as to students aspiring to these roles. Updated with contemporary examples and new pedagogy throughout, this is the ideal handbook for students seeking careers in digital media, particularly in content development and digital storytelling.

It is an essential text for students of media, communication, public relations, marketing, and journalism who are looking to develop their writing and editing skills for these ever-evolving fields and professions.

This book also has an accompanying eResource that provides additional weekly activities, exercises, and assignments that give students more opportunity to put theory into practice.

chapter 1|33 pages

Writing for Digital Media

Laying the Foundation

chapter 2|27 pages

Editing for Digital Media

Storytelling Strategies

chapter 3|30 pages

Writing for Digital Media II

Tools and Techniques

chapter 4|30 pages

Editing for Digital Media II

Creating the User Experience

chapter 5|27 pages

Digital Storytelling

Generating Ideas and Publishing the Story

chapter 6|30 pages

Doing Journalism

chapter 7|41 pages

Responsible Advocacy

Public Relations and Social Media Management

chapter 8|39 pages

Multimodal Storytelling

The Medium Is the Message

chapter 9|28 pages

Misinformation and Disinformation

Credibility in a “Post-truth” Age

chapter 10|39 pages

Knowing the Law

Intellectual Property, Libel, and Privacy