Возможности гипертекста для жанра журналистского расследования (на примере электронного издания Propublica)

Abstract

This paper outlines the findings of a small study used to inform the design of a mobile news application. It is part of a larger PhD project that uses a Research Through Design framework to investigate how hypertext might impact the design of journalistic narratives. This analysis of 24 news stories, news packages and content aggregation tools, reinforces previous studies that show journalism has not exploited the potential of hypertext as a narrative device. However, it also reveals opportunities to design news in a way that allows variation in plot, and to use shape as a tool for navigating complex stories.