Immersive journalism or how virtual reality and video games are influencing the interface and the interactivity of news storytelling
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2015.jul.08Keywords:
Immersive journalism, Immersion, Digital storytelling, First person, 360 degrees, Newsgame, Augmented reality, Virtual reality.Abstract
The possibilities of virtual reality technologies, on the one hand,and the strong influence of videogames as a cultural industry, on the other, are greatly affecting nonfiction digital rhetoric, and journalism in particular. Immersive journalism is an emerging trend that amplifies the impact of the story by creating a sensory and interactive experience. The author presented the firstdoctoral thesis on this topic and summarizes here the context and the main features of this kind of factual storytelling.
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