Arap haberciliğinde dijital hikâye anlatıcılığı: Aj+ Arabi örneği

Abstract

A story which narrates events by constructing a setting and characters within a plot in company with symbols and metaphors is one of the oldest literary genres used in the human history. This literary genre, which has been narrated via speech, drawings and writing throughout the history, has an important place as a narrative art frequently used in Arab literature as in other world literatures. The significance of story in Arabic literature increased particularly with the effect of the Quranic stories that gave messages through depictions after Islam. The transference of a story is just as essential as the story itself. Therefore, people have tried to narrate stories effectively throughout the human history. After all, story has been a narrative art that has the ability to influence people as well as their mental state and mood in every period in history. This fact has aroused interest in the media sector as in every sector that serves the humankind. Accordingly, storytelling has been used as a key tool in transferring messages by world's leading media and broadcasting organizations. In recent years, it has become widespread and popular to use storytelling tools instead of classical methods in news making and broadcasting. This study addresses the abovementioned connection between 'storytelling' and 'journalism' and analyzes storytelling in journalism within the context of AJ+ ?Arabî, a pioneer of the concept of digital storytelling in the Arab media. The paper is mainly divided into three sections: the first part will deal with the theoretical basis of storytelling, the second part will examine the concept of digital storytelling, and in the third part, AJ+ Arabi videos will be evaluated within the concept of digital storytelling

A story which narrates events by constructing a setting and characters within a plot in company with symbols and metaphors is one of the oldest literary genres used in the human history. This literary genre, which has been narrated via speech, drawings and writing throughout the history, has an important place as a narrative art frequently used in Arab literature as in other world literatures. The significance of story in Arabic literature increased particularly with the effect of the Quranic stories that gave messages through depictions after Islam. The transference of a story is just as essential as the story itself. Therefore, people have tried to narrate stories effectively throughout the human history. After all, story has been a narrative art that has the ability to influence people as well as their mental state and mood in every period in history. This fact has aroused interest in the media sector as in every sector that serves the humankind. Accordingly, storytelling has been used as a key tool in transferring messages by world's leading media and broadcasting organizations. In recent years, it has become widespread and popular to use storytelling tools instead of classical methods in news making and broadcasting. This study addresses the abovementioned connection between 'storytelling' and 'journalism' and analyzes storytelling in journalism within the context of AJ+ Arabi, a pioneer of the concept of digital storytelling in the Arab media. The paper is mainly divided into three sections: the first part will deal with the theoretical basis of storytelling, the second part will examine the concept of digital storytelling, and in the third part, AJ+ Arabi videos will be evaluated within the concept of digital storytelling.