[ecrea] Special Issue on E-Politics of Immersion - Immersive Storytelling in Digital Ecosystems

Abstract Announcement for International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 8(3)

International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

Volume 8, Issue 3, July - September 2017

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*GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE*

Special Issue on E-Politics of Immersion - Immersive Storytelling in 
Digital Ecosystems: ‘Down the Rabbit Hole'

Christian Stiegler (Brunel University London, United Kingdom)

To obtain a copy of the Guest Editorial Preface, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=186959&ptid=158509&ctid=15&t=Special 
Issue on E-Politics of Immersion - Immersive Storytelling in Digital 
Ecosystems: ‘Down the Rabbit Hole' 
<http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=186959&ptid=158509&ctid=15&t=Special%20Issue%20on%20E-Politics%20of%20Immersion%20-%20Immersive%20Storytelling%20in%20Digital%20Ecosystems:%20%E2%80%98Down%20the%20Rabbit%20Hole%27>

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*ARTICLE 1*

The Politics of Immersive Storytelling: Virtual Reality and the Logics 
of Digital Ecosystems

Christian Stiegler (Brunel University London, United Kingdom)

This article applies and extends the concept of social media logic to 
assess the politics of immersive storytelling on digital platforms. 
Digital platforms such as Facebook are offering all-surrounding mediated 
environments to communicate in Virtual Reality (‘Facebook Spaces') as 
well as immersive narratives such as Mr. Robot VR. This article provides 
an understanding of the politics of immersive storytelling and of its 
underlying principles of programmability, user experience, popularity, 
and platform sociality, which define immersive technologies in the 21st 
century.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/the-politics-of-immersive-storytelling/186960 
<http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-politics-of-immersive-storytelling/186960>

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186960 
<http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186960>

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*ARTICLE 2*

Navigating an Immersive Narratology: Factors to Explain the Reception of 
Fake News

Bradley E. Wiggins (Webster Vienna Private University, Austria)

In direct response to the rise in fake news as a socio-cultural and 
political phenomenon, this article presents an analysis of the factors 
that may help to explain the reception of fake news. In addition, recent 
pronouncements made by the Trump White House seem to challenge the 
nature of an objective truth. An immersive narratology emphasizes that 
different universes of discourse can intermingle and overlap, with fact 
and fiction becoming difficult to distinguish in our increasingly 
mediated lives. A tenable definition of fake news is offered prior to 
exploring historical antecedents of fake news. Persuasion, construction, 
immersion, distribution, and polarization represent the core factors 
that demystify the reception of fake news regardless as to whether an 
individual believes a story. A concluding discussion offers a critical 
evaluation of the potential of fake news to augment the news media 
landscape in the coming years.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/navigating-an-immersive-narratology/186961 
<http://www.igi-global.com/article/navigating-an-immersive-narratology/186961>

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
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*ARTICLE 3*

The Pervasive and the Digital: Immersive Worlds in Blast Theory's ‘A 
Machine to See With' and Dennis Del Favero's ‘Scenario'

Daniel Paul O'Brien (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)

This paper discusses two immersive story worlds between two distinct 
interactive artworks. Blast Theory's A Machine to See With (2010) is a 
pervasive fictional experience that enables users, through the 
technology of their mobile phone, to become immersed within a fictional 
crime scenario across a real geographical setting. Dennis Del Favero's 
art project, Scenario (2011), by contrast, is an interactive and 
immersive story that takes place in a 360-degree digital cinematic space 
called an AVIE (Advanced Visualization and Interaction Environment). 
This immersive world is a mixed reality environment, a meeting place 
where five real users and ten digital screen characters converge and 
interact through the technology of motion sensing. Participants are 
virtually wired into the immersive world through the performance of 
their movement. This paper will explore both of these artworks through 
original interviews the author has conducted with each of the artists.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/the-pervasive-and-the-digital/186962 
<http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-pervasive-and-the-digital/186962>

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186962 
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*ARTICLE 4*

An ‘Amuse-Bouche at Best': 360° VR Storytelling in Full Perspective

Paul Moody (Brunel University London, United Kingdom)

Much has been written about the function of narrative in virtual reality 
(VR) productions (Aylett & Louchart, 2003; Aylett et al, 2005; Ryan, 
2001; 2005; 2008; 2009), but the role of the audience, and the relative 
degree of control that they have over the content, has led some scholars 
to believe that there is an ontological problem with describing VR in 
narrative terms. This article investigates some of these assumptions, 
via an analysis of an undertheorised aspect of VR that has emerged in 
recent years – the 360° film. It argues that 360° film represents a much 
more important aspect of VR than has been previously recognised. In so 
doing, the article establishes this medium as an important field of 
study, and argues that ultimately, it will be the commercial 
infrastructure for this content which will define the parameters of 
immersive storytelling.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/an-amuse-bouche-at-best/186963 
<http://www.igi-global.com/article/an-amuse-bouche-at-best/186963>

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186963 
<http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186963>

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Editor-in-Chief: Yasmin Ibrahim (Queen Mary, University of London, 
United Kingdom)

For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the 
*International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)* in your institution's 
library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated 
*"InfoSci-Journals"* database: www.igi-global.com/isj 
<http://www.igi-global.com/e-resources/infosci-databases/infosci-journals/>.

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