Reading on Screen is a collaboration between the universities of Bournemouth and Brighton funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
The project follows on from two previous projects at Bournemouth University funded by the AHRC (www.researchingreadersonline.com | www.digitalreadingnetwork.com) and is intended to share the findings of the previous projects with members of the public.
The new project is designed to capture the stories of readers living through the technological advances of the last decades which have resulted in more and more people ‘reading on screen’. The project team, Bronwen Thomas, Ross Adamson and Isobel Creed will work closely with DigiTales, a participatory media company based in London, to host workshops in Bournemouth, Sheffield and Brighton designed to produce around 20-30 digital stories. The project is also supported by The Reading Agency, a charity dedicated to inspiring people to read more.
Digital storytelling is an established creative workshop process for 8-10 people working with trained facilitators to produce short (2 – 3 minutes) digital videos. At the end of each workshop, each participant will have written and produced his or her own digital story and will have shared their stories within the group. Participants usually have no prior experience of using digital technologies in creative contexts, such as filmmaking.
Stories from the project will feature on our website and will also appear on YouTube. We hope that these stories will provide a valuable resource for schools, reading charities and libraries, stimulating debate on the topic of reading and demonstrating the effectiveness of digital storytelling for empowering participants to find their voice.
The project will conclude in December/January 2018 with an exhibition at Brighton’s City Campus Media Centre, a state of the art media facility. This will feature screenings of the stories including a digital story of the workshops produced by the Project Team.
We hope that you will enjoy following the progress of the project and viewing our stories. Please see our Events section for details of activities, and use the Get Involved section if you are interested in taking part in the project or just want to get in touch.
Note on Copyright
Every care has been taken to ensure we have referenced and attributed all of the sources used in our stories to the best of our ability. If anyone takes exception or feels their copyright has been infringed we will take content down upon request.
