Developing a Choice-Based Digital Fiction for Body Image Bibliotherapy

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorWilks, Christine
dc.contributor.authorEnsslin, Astrid
dc.contributor.authorRice, Carla
dc.contributor.authorRiley, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorPerram, Megan
dc.contributor.authorBailey, K. Alysse
dc.contributor.authorMunro, Lauren
dc.contributor.authorFowlie, Hannah
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-05T15:29:36Z
dc.date.available2022-04-05T15:29:36Z
dc.date.copyright2022-01-20
dc.date.created2022-04-05
dc.date.issued2022-01-20
dc.degree.departmentRe�Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justiceen
dc.description.abstractBody dissatisfaction is so common in the western world that it has become the norm, especially among women and girls. Writing New Body Worlds is a transdisciplinary research-creation project that aims to address these issues by developing an interactive digital fiction for body image bibliotherapy. It is created with the critical co-design participation of a group of young women and non-binary individuals (aged 18–25) from diverse backgrounds, who are representative of its intended audience. This article discusses how our participant research influenced the creative development of the digital fiction, its characters and its novel ludonarrative or story-game design. It theorizes how the specific affordances of a choice-based interactive narrative, that situates the reader-player in the mind of the fictional protagonist, may lead to enhanced empathic identification and agency and, therefore, a more profoundly immersive and potentially transformative experience. This process of “diegetic enactment” is where we postulate the therapeutic value lies: an onto logical oscillation between the reader-player’s mind and the fictional mind, which may induce the reader-player to reflect upon, and perhaps subtly alter, their own body image.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe research was funded by an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC IG 435-2018-1036).en_US
dc.identifier.citationWilks, C., Ensslin, A., Rice, C., Riley, S., Perram, M., Bailey, K. A., Munro, L., & Fowlie, H. (2022). Developing a choice-based digital fiction for body image bibliotherapy. Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.786465
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.786465
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10214/26852
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Media S.A.en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectbody imageen_US
dc.subjectinteractive digital narrativeen_US
dc.subjectdigital fictionen_US
dc.subjectinteractive storytellingen_US
dc.subjectbibliotherapyen_US
dc.subjectwell-beingen_US
dc.subjectfeminist participatory action researchen_US
dc.subjectcritical co-designen_US
dc.titleDeveloping a Choice-Based Digital Fiction for Body Image Bibliotherapyen_US
dc.typeArticleen
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Wilks_DevelopingCBFiction.pdf
Size:
916.47 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.74 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Research content