Storytelling in a liminal time / guest editor: Dr. Boria Sax.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sax, Boria.

Series:

On the Horizon ; 14, no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Storytelling.

Information theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (35 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book discusses the increased emphasis on storytelling in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. In the post-industrial world, storytelling is again assuming the central role it had in pre-industrial times imposing structure on the chaos of experience.

Contents:

Cover; Table of contents; Introduction; The oral epic and the web site: a story of convergence; A story in small lessons magnified: the creation of an online campus; The case study: storytelling in the industrial age and beyond; Storytelling and the ''information overload''; Review of The Truth of Stories: A Native Narrative by Thomas King; Review of Storytelling in Daily Life: Performing Narrative by Langellier and Peterson; Review of Storytelling in Organizations: Why Storytelling Is Transforming 21st Century Organizations and Management by John Seeley Brown; Awards for Excellence;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-73768-9

9786610737680

1-84663-205-6

OCLC:

100241901

Publisher Number:

9781846632044