In last week's lecture, we were visited by Hurricane Films, a Liverpool based production company. We were presented the following question:
How can you engage an online audience in storytelling?- How do you encourage users, especially those from an older generation to participate?
"Without our memory, we have no past at all"
Hurricane Films launched People's Stories- Liverpool Lives to try and encourage older people to share their stories through the internet and also to try and engage a younger audience in looking at the culture and history of Liverpool.
However, a problem faced with this is the lack of knowledge within the older generation with regards to using the internet. It doesn't take much research to be able to conclude that the percentage of people over 50 who use the internet is quite small. This may make it harder to reach this generation and get their stories up on the internet.
The problem could perhaps be solved by encouraging the younger generation to get involved. Children and teenagers could research into their own family's history and collect information to post on the website themselves. This way, both of Hurricane Films aims are being fulfilled.
Working with local museums could also be a way to source information on Liverpool's history to the website. Taking a look at old artefacts that belong to Liverpool and posting pictures and information about them to the website could not only educate audiences, but encourage them to go out and visit these museums to look for themselves.
I think People's Stories is a fantastic way of bringing the older and younger generations together as a community and it will be interesting to see how the website grows over the next few generations to come.
How can you engage an online audience in storytelling?- How do you encourage users, especially those from an older generation to participate?
"Without our memory, we have no past at all"
Hurricane Films launched People's Stories- Liverpool Lives to try and encourage older people to share their stories through the internet and also to try and engage a younger audience in looking at the culture and history of Liverpool.
However, a problem faced with this is the lack of knowledge within the older generation with regards to using the internet. It doesn't take much research to be able to conclude that the percentage of people over 50 who use the internet is quite small. This may make it harder to reach this generation and get their stories up on the internet.
The problem could perhaps be solved by encouraging the younger generation to get involved. Children and teenagers could research into their own family's history and collect information to post on the website themselves. This way, both of Hurricane Films aims are being fulfilled.
Working with local museums could also be a way to source information on Liverpool's history to the website. Taking a look at old artefacts that belong to Liverpool and posting pictures and information about them to the website could not only educate audiences, but encourage them to go out and visit these museums to look for themselves.
I think People's Stories is a fantastic way of bringing the older and younger generations together as a community and it will be interesting to see how the website grows over the next few generations to come.
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