Digital storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. It is the idea of combining the art of telling stories with a variety of multimedia, including graphics, audio, video, and Web publishing. This is an interesting alternative to telling a narrative, giving the storyteller a bigger for range for creativity and interactivity.

In John’s lecture, he explained some useful attributes of digital narratives:

• Challenges the boundaries of traditional narratives
• Blurs the role of the author and reader
• Attacks the authority of the addresser
• Questions the passivity of the  addressee
• Emphasises collaboration
• Associative linking – digital and web communication allows instantaneous linking between documents.
• Non-linear and non-hierarchical structures
• Users can have multiple roles – consumers as well as contributors
• Multimedia, interactive and dynamic

My campaign video could possibly be in the style of a digital narrative, having people tell their stories of living with a mental health disorder.