ABSTRACT

This volume explores the applications of narrative and storytelling in corporate, public health, and political communications, and its implications for those fields.

Using diverse research methods including surveys, experiments, case studies, and content analyses, an international team of authors first explore conceptual and theoretical issues of narrative persuasion, then examine the impact and application of narratives in science communication, political advertising, corporate communication, and social movement before discussing the use of stories in community building, identity construction, and civic engagement.

This timely volume will be of interest to academics, researchers, and graduate students who are interested in narratives and communications, within the areas of public relations, public communication, organizational communication, strategic communication, risk and crisis communication, and political communication.

chapter 1|9 pages

Narratives in Public Communication

An Introduction

chapter 2|21 pages

Correcting Anti-Vaccine Misinformation with Storytelling

The Effects of Narratives and Correction Placement

chapter 3|27 pages

Are Repeated Stories a Good Strategy?

Focusing on Narrative Persuasion in Digital Political Communication

chapter 7|25 pages

Understanding Crisis Narratives with Large-Scale Twitter Data

The Role of Celebrity and Emotions in the Virality of #MeToo Social Media Activism Messages

chapter 9|20 pages

The Re-enchantment of Narratives in Disaster Risk Communication

Developing a Storytelling Framework with “5C” Principles

chapter 10|15 pages

Constructing the Pipeline Fight Metanarrative

Micromobilizations, Participation, and Environmental Advocacy