Story Tech - 9780472077250

Story TechPower, Storytelling, and Social Change Advocacy\nAuthor(s): Filippo Trevisan, Michael Vaughan, Ariadne Vromen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472077250, 978-0472077250\nSynopsis\nPersonal stories have the power to stir the heart, compel us to act, and spark social change. While advocacy organizations have long used storytelling in campaigns, the role technology plays has increased. Today, invitations to share your story are widespread on advocacy organizations and political campaign websites, calls to action, and social media pages. But what happens after one clicks share? And how does this affect which voices we hearand which we dontin public discourse?\n\nStory Tech explores the increasingly influential impact of technologiessuch as databases, algorithms, and digital story banksthat are usually invisible to the public. It shows that hidden story tech enables political or.