Digital storytelling

Digital storytelling is a short form of digital media production that enables individuals to create and distribute their narratives through online platforms. The method is frequently used in schools, museums, libraries, social work and health settings, and communities. They are thought to have educational, democratizing and therapeutic effects.

Digital storytelling is the practice of using digital media tools to tell stories, such as images, audio, videos, animation, and text to effectively tell a story. It focuses on emotional engagement, artistic endeavors, personal expression, and creativity. This combines narrative elements such as (characters, setting, plot, emotion). It represent creative freedom and emotional expression: Not bound to data and can include fiction, personal stories, cultural traditions, or advocacy messages.

Digital storytelling is a community-based activity and should be distinguished from electronic literature, which is a literary movement where genres include hypertext fiction, digital poetry, interactive fiction, generative literature, and from other forms of digital narrative, for instance in video games or fan fiction.