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From Michael Moore to JFK Reloaded: Towards a working model of interactive documentary
Abstract
Traditionally, documentary has been presented as an objective portrayal of fact: the actualité. Recently, a new breed of ‘dramatic’ documentary that uses coercion; persuasion, and emotional manipulation has emerged to critical and commercial success. Contemporaneously, interactive entertainment has evolved to the point at which near-realism can be portrayed in real time. This, taken alongside the immersive interaction in which the industry specialises, and the dramatic techniques of engagement employed by the latest documentary films suggests that we may be at the brink of a new cultural form: the interactive documentary. In this paper we discuss the form that interactive documentary might take, and the historical and cultural context into which it fits. We conclude by detailing the issues raised by the concept of the interactive documentary, and how the role of documentary maker as auteur is reconciled with the notion of a truly interactive pathway through such a production.
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Every documentary is a cultural document that influences and drives cultural response.
“As researchers admit every film is a documentary [6], and every documentary is a cultural document [7] that influences and drives cultural response.”
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- Authors
- Galloway, D., McAlpine, K. B., & Harris, P.
- Affiliations
- Abertay University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Galloway, Dayna
- McAlpine, Kenneth B.
- Harris, Paul
- Venue
- Journal of Media Practice
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2007-01-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 325-339
- ISSN
- 1468-2753 (ISSN-L)
- 2040-0926
- OpenAlex
- W2000126613
- Cited by
- 78
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 0.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Media Practice (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Cinema and Media Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Cinema History and Criticism
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Art, Technology, and Culture
- Keywords
- interactive documentary, Michael Moore, interactive entertainment, immersive interaction, emotional manipulation, documentary form, documentary film history
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