Platforms, influencers and distributed narratives

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2024.431.25

Keywords:

Storytelling, platforms, influencers

Abstract

Introduction to the monographic section 'Innovations in Narrative and Media: Transmedia, Interactions and Culture'

Author Biography

Joan Ramon Rodríguez-Amat, University of Sheffield

Joan Ramon Rodriguez​-​Amat​, PhD - Senior Lecturer in the School of Journalism, Media, and Communication at the University of Sheffield. His main area of research revolves around communicative spaces; the cultural constructions of time and space, and citizenship, and power (see http:communicativespaces.org). This triple discussion emerges in the intersection of media governance research, cultural production, and democratic debates; and the communities and identities -among them sexual, national, and cultural identities- growing from the geopolitics of social media platforms and communication technologies.  

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Published

2024-06-28

How to Cite

Rodríguez-Amat, J. R. (2024). Platforms, influencers and distributed narratives. Obra Digital, (25), 10–24. https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2024.431.25