Indian Country: Telling a Story in a Digital Age

Indian Country: Telling a Story in a Digital Age
ISBN-10
1628952822
ISBN-13
9781628952827
Series
Indian Country
Category
Social Science
Pages
146
Language
English
Published
2017-01-01
Publisher
MSU Press
Authors
Victoria L. LaPoe, Benjamin Rex LaPoe

Description

Storytelling has always been an important part of Native culture. Stories play a part in everyday Native life—they are often oral and rich in detail and language and serve as a form of recording history. Digital media now allow for the extension of this storytelling. This necessary text evaluates how digital media are changing the rich cultural act of storytelling within Native communities, with a specific focus on Native newsroom norms and routines. The authors argue that the non-Native press often leave consumers with a stereotypical view of American Indians, and aim to give a more authentic representation to Native journalism. With interviews from more than forty Native journalists around the country, this book is essential to understanding how digital media possibly advances the distribution of storytelling within the American Indian community.

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