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Bringing Meta-Narratives into indexicalstorytelling: How does it influence theplayer?
Södertörn University, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Media Technology.
Södertörn University, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Media Technology.
2025 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Att kombinera Metanarrativ med IndexicalStorytelling: Hur påverkar det spelaren? (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

This study examines how indexical storytelling, compared to meta-narratives, affects theplayer in terms of the themes narrative interpretation, immersion and self-reflection. Thestudy includes a design project, the creation of a video game with two separate versions, thatwas used to examine these topics. The first version had indexical storytelling, and the secondhad a combination of indexical storytelling and a meta-narrative. Interviews were held withfive participants playing the video game version with indexical storytelling, and fiveparticipants playing the other version with a meta-narrative added. The methods used in thisstudy were in-depth interviews and thematic analysis. The analysis results were discussedbased on the main themes of the study, consisting of narrative interpretation, immersion andself-reflection in each version of the game. The purpose of the study was to identify factorsthat may influence immersion and self-reflection and give players a better insight into thenarrative in video games. The results indicate that both indexical storytelling on its own andtogether with a meta-narrative influenced players immersion, narrative interpretation andself-reflection, but self-reflection was further enhanced by the meta-narrative. It made theplayers reflect on their personal life through the game's character speaking about their life.This reflection was not as evident when only indexical storytelling was present in the game. 

Abstract [sv]

Denna studie undersöker hur indexical storytelling, jämfört med metanarrativ, påverkarspelaren utifrån teman som narrativ tolkning, immersion och självreflektion. Studieninkluderar ett designprojekt där ett videospel skapades i två separata versioner för attundersöka dessa ämnen. Den första versionen använde indexical storytelling, medan denandra hade en kombination av indexical storytelling och ett metanarrativ. Studien inkluderarintervjuer med fem deltagare som spelade ett datorspel med indexical storytelling och femdeltagare som spelade ett liknande datorspel där ett metanarrativ hade lagts till. De metodersom användes i studien var djupintervjuer och tematisk analys. Analysens resultatdiskuterades utifrån studien huvudteman, som bestod av narrativ tolkning, immersion ochsjälvreflektion i respektive version av spelet. Syftet med studien var att identifiera faktorersom kan påverka immersion och självreflektion och ge spelare en bättre förståelse förnarrativet i datorspel. Resultaten indikerar att både indexical storytelling på egen hand och ikombination med ett metanarrativ påverkar spelarens immersion, självreflektion och narrativatolkning, men självreflektion stärktes ytterligare av metanarrativet. Det fick spelarna attreflektera över sina egna liv genom att spelets karaktär talade om sitt liv. Denna reflektion varinte lika framträdande när endast indexical storytelling var närvarande.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2025. , p. 30
Keywords [en]
Indexical storytelling, Meta-narrative, Reflection, Immersion, Narrative
Keywords [sv]
Indexical storytelling, metanarrativ, reflektion, immersion, narrativ
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Other Engineering and Technologies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-57098OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-57098DiVA, id: diva2:1956237
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Media Technology
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Available from: 2025-05-07 Created: 2025-05-05 Last updated: 2025-05-07Bibliographically approved

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