Woman, Gender and Storytellingin a Digitalized World: A Content Analysis for Digital Storytelling

Year 2022, Volume: 23 Issue: 1, 41 - 66, 17.09.2022

Cemre Gül Mutlu Funda Dağ

Abstract

Women's and gender studies seek to understand social facts with a view to reveal the reasons and solutions of all issues that cause discrimination against women and gender inequality. Through its technology-supported narrative inquiry approach, digital storytelling can be a means to reveal meaning, especially in community-based research. In this context, this study aims to conduct an in-depth study of digital storytelling in researches that have been conducted in the context of Women's and gender studies. In line with the purpose of the research, a systematic literature analysis was carried out for research using digital narrative in that context. Content analysis was applied to 42 articles that can be reached, without time limitation in the databases of Web of Science (WOS), Scopus, Science Direct and Ebscohost. It has been determined that digital storytelling is used in a very limited way and mostly as a data analysis method in studies conducted in the area. However, it has been concluded that digital narrative is used in studies focusing especially on women who are exposed to multiple discrimination. In addition to this, it has been revealed that digital storytelling can contribute positively to the well-being, socialization and the development of self-efficacy of the participants in creating awareness about women's issues. Based on the results of the research, digital storytelling in women's and gender studies were discussed from various angles and various suggestions were offered.

Keywords

woman, gender, digital storytelling, content analysis and multiple discrimination

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