The Narrative Subject : Storytelling in the Age of the Internet

This open access book considers the stories of adolescents and young adults from different regions of the world who use digital media as instruments and stages for storytelling, or who make the media the subject of story telling. These narratives discuss interconnectedness, self-staging, and managing boundaries. From the perspective of media and cultural research, they can be read as responses to the challenges of contemporary society. Providing empirical evidence and thought-provoking explanations, this book will be useful to students and scholars who wish to uncover how ongoing processes of cultural transformation are reflected in the thoughts and feelings of the internet generation. This open access book considers the stories of adolescents and young adults from different regions of the world who use digital media as instruments and stages for storytelling, or who make themselves the subject of storytelling. These narratives discuss interconnectedness, self-staging, and managing boundaries. From the perspective of media and cultural research, they can be read as responses to the challenges of contemporary society. Providing empirical evidence and thought-provoking explanations, this book will be useful to students and scholars who wish to uncover how ongoing processes of cultural transformation are reflected in the thoughts and feelings of the internet generation. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Christina Schachtner)....Pages 1-27 Storytelling as a Cultural Practice and Life Form (Christina Schachtner)....Pages 29-75 The Narrative Space of the Internet (Christina Schachtner)....Pages 77-124 The Net Generation’s Stories: A Typology (Christina Schachtner)....Pages 125-183 A Theoretical Postscript: Time, Space, the Self and the You, and Digital Media as Narrative Constructions (Christina Schachtner)....Pages 185-224 Narrating as an Answer to Sociocultural Challenges (Christina Schachtner)....Pages 225-248 Narrative Production of Culture (Christina Schachtner)....Pages 249-265 Back Matter ....Pages 267-269