ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the communicative and hermeneutic potentialities of digital media through a digital storytelling (DST) lens. While most DST work focuses on the production of shareable media output through systematized methods, this chapter argues for a broader remit that also considers the production of the intangible stories that we tell ourselves through engagement with everyday digital media. Following an introduction to DST that emphasizes effect (what is the message?) and affect (why should we care?), digital media in a variety of forms are cited to show that these media may provoke DST processes in audiences by means of noematic and extranoematic effort, supporting audiences’ deeper understandings of their own places within greater cultural narratives. This discussion is illustrated through the author’s reflection on the development of her own story about Liz Truss’ brief term as UK Prime Minister in 2022. This chapter concludes with recommendations for integration of DST approaches in teaching and research.
