The Narrative Subject : : Storytelling in the Age of the Internet.

• Author: Schachtner, Christina.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (277 pages)

Table of Contents

• The Narrative Subject
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• List of Figures
• About the Author
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1.1 The Sociocultural Significance of Narrating
• 1.2 The Subject-Theoretical Approach
• 1.3 Empirical Analysis
• 1.3.1 Methodology
• 1.3.2 Sample
• 1.3.3 Research Methods
• 1.4 Structure of the Book
• 1.5 Innovative Aspects
• 1.6 Major Themes
• References
• Chapter 2: Storytelling as a Cultural Practice and Life Form
• 2.1 Contexts of Storytelling
• 2.1.1 Time
• 2.1.1.1 Time as a Point of Reference for Storytelling
• 2.1.1.2 Time and Narrative
• 2.1.1.3 Time as a Product of Storytelling
• 2.1.2 Space
• 2.1.2.1 Spaces as Products of Narrating
• 2.1.2.2 Spaces as a Housing for Narrating
• 2.1.2.3 Spatial Connections
• 2.2 The Functions of Narrating
• 2.2.1 Narrating as a Technology of Self-construction
• 2.2.1.1 Orientation and Agency
• 2.2.1.2 Self-knowledge and Self-understanding
• 2.2.1.3 Coherence and Change
• 2.2.2 Narrating Opening Up to the You
• 2.2.2.1 The Other as a Reference Point for Narrating
• 2.2.2.2 The Other as a Topic and Co-narrator
• 2.2.2.3 The Other as Part of the Narrative Self
• 2.3 Narrating as a Technology of Subjection and Enablement
• References
• Chapter 3: The Narrative Space of the Internet
• 3.1 The Sociocultural Charge of Media
• 3.2 The Structural Characteristics of Digital Media
• 3.2.1 Interconnectedness
• 3.2.1.1 Reciprocity
• 3.2.1.2 Heterogeneity and multiplicity
• 3.2.1.3 Openness
• 3.2.1.4 Dynamics
• 3.2.2 Interactivity
• 3.2.3 Globality
• 3.2.4 Multimediality
• 3.2.4.1 Language, Writing, and Text
• 3.2.4.2 Images
• 3.2.4.3 The Relationship Between Language and the Image
• 3.2.4.4 Media Carriers of Meaning and Their Addressees
• 3.2.5 Virtuality
• 3.2.5.1 The Relationship Between Virtuality and Reality.
• 3.2.5.2 Virtual Spaces as Heterotopias
• 3.2.5.3 The Narrative Potential of Digital Heterotopias
• References
• Chapter 4: The Net Generation's Stories: A Typology
• 4.1 Narrations About Interconnectedness
• 4.1.1 Showing and Exchanging
• 4.1.2 Seeing and Being Seen
• 4.1.3 Sharing
• 4.2 Self-Staging Narrations
• 4.2.1 The Adored Star
• 4.2.2 Role Model and Seeker in One
• 4.2.3 The Counter-Model
• 4.3 Stories About Supplying and Selling
• 4.3.1 Objects and Designer Products on Offer
• 4.3.2 Participatory Projects on Offer
• 4.4 Narrations About Managing Boundaries
• 4.4.1 Managing Boundaries as an Answer to Sociocultural Borders
• 4.4.2 Managing Boundaries as an Individual Need
• 4.5 Transformation Narrations
• 4.5.1 The Goal-Oriented Actors
• 4.5.2 The Role Player
• 4.6 Stories About Setting Out and Breaking Away
• 4.6.1 Setting Out and Breaking Away as a Biographical Project
• 4.6.2 Setting Out and Breaking Away as a Political Project
• References
• Chapter 5: A Theoretical Postscript: Time, Space, the Self and the You, and Digital Media as Narrative Constructions
• 5.1 Time Stamps
• 5.1.1 "I wanted to play football with the boys but …": Biographical Time
• 5.1.1.1 The Present as a Consequence of the Autobiographical Past
• 5.1.1.2 Current Life Circumstances as Justifying or Supporting Factors
• 5.1.2 "It's like a political awakening …": Sociocultural Time
• 5.2 Spatial Relationships
• 5.2.1 Experiencing and Managing Boundaries
• 5.2.2 Spatial Crossings
• 5.2.3 Creating and Configuring Spaces
• 5.3 Representations of the Self
• 5.3.1 Standardization and Experimentation
• 5.3.2 Orientation
• 5.3.3 Division Versus Continuity
• 5.4 Connections with the You
• 5.4.1 Wrestling for the Other's Attention
• 5.4.2 World Communication
• 5.5 Narrators, Narratives, Media: Cornerstones of Interplay.
• 5.5.1 No End in Sight
• 5.5.2 The Upswing of the Image
• 5.5.3 Transmedia
• References
• Chapter 6: Narrating as an Answer to Sociocultural Challenges
• 6.1 Detraditionalization
• 6.2 Pluralization
• 6.3 The Blurring of Borders
• 6.4 Individualization
• 6.5 Global Flows, Crossovers, and Hybridity
• 6.6 Round-up
• References
• Chapter 7: Narrative Production of Culture
• 7.1 Culture and Its Designers
• 7.2 The Future of Narrating in Translation
• 7.2.1 Narrating and Translating
• 7.2.2 The Translational Turn
• 7.3 Media, Culture, and Narrative Translationality
• References
• Index.