Foregrounding agency in interactive-narrative based HIV interventions

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dc.contributor.authorMyers, Hadassah Esther
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-26T13:12:21Z
dc.date.available2019-02-26T13:12:21Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe HIV epidemic has severely affected many parts of the world, especially Sub­ Saharan Africa. There is clear evidence suggesting that computer-based HIV prevention interventions are efficient. Interactive‐narrative is just beginning to be explored for Technology-Based Learning. I inspect the concept of agency afforded by interactivity and participation to determine the possibilities of interactive-narrative in HIV interventions. By scrutinising three noteworthy instances of interactive-narrative based HIV interventions, I extract evaluative criteria that this format facilitates, in the way that it can preference user choice. I conclude that while platform and content may form a significant element of a successful intervention, it is the elements of navigability, identification, co-creation, immersion and transformation that direct the agency When these are interwoven successfully, interactive-­narrative becomesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianMC2019en_ZA
dc.description.uriA research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Digital Arts (Interaction Design), 2017
dc.format.extentOnline resource (89 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationMyers, Hadassah Esther (2017) Foregrounding agency in interactive-narrative based HIV interventions, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/26467>
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/26467
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshHIV infections--Africa, Sub-Saharan
dc.subject.lcshHIV infections--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Prevention
dc.subject.lcshAIDS (Disease)--Africa, Sub-Saharan
dc.titleForegrounding agency in interactive-narrative based HIV interventionsen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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