What is New Media Storytelling


The general argument made by Amy in her article, What is new media storytelling, is that through new media, people are able to reach an audience easier. More specifically, Amy says, "those who wanted to communicate with broad audiences through multimedia had to go through the gatekeepers of 'old media.'" By writing this, Amy is suggesting that if platforms like YouTube didn't exist, it would be so much harder for people to communicate with audiences because you would have to do it through "old media." In conclusion, Amy believes that "storytellers gained access to a third option for sharing personal stories that was previously available only to professional filmmakers," and that now is the time to start experimenting with these new tools. 

In my view, Amy is right because if we didn't have new media, sharing personal stories with audiences wouldn't be possible for everyone. More, specifically, I believe that platforms like YouTube have made it possible for everyone to be able to share their stories and in an easier way. Although some might object that YouTube is the most popular "storytelling" platform, I believe it is the most popular because over the years more and more people have been uploading videos, along with watching them. Therefore, I conclude that new media has made a big impact on oral storytelling. I believe that from times before history was recorded and to this day, oral storytelling is the most popular form of communication, and new media just made it better.  

Link to the article: http://digitalwriting101.net/content/what-is-new-media-storytelling/  


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