Immersive journalism through mobile devices: How virtual reality apps are changing news consumption
Interactive nonfiction offers new narrative possibilities for journalism in a hybrid and developing context. Through mobile devices, in the new media ecosystem, virtual reality takes shape. Immersive journalism grows through these experiences looking for the user’s engagement during the consumption...
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| Format: | book part |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC) |
| Repository: | Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/43394 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10347/43394 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Virtual reality VR Realidad virtual Realidade virtual Interactive nonfiction No ficción interactiva Non ficción interactiva Digital narratives Immersion Cyberjournalism Digital journalism Inmersión Narrativas digitales Narrativas dixitais Periodismo digital Xornalismo dixital Immersive journalism Periodismo inmersivo Xornalismo inmersivo |
| Summary: | Interactive nonfiction offers new narrative possibilities for journalism in a hybrid and developing context. Through mobile devices, in the new media ecosystem, virtual reality takes shape. Immersive journalism grows through these experiences looking for the user’s engagement during the consumption of information. International reference media have recently started the exploration of virtual reality, as it is shown in this article, through mobile apps of virtual reality. |
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