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3W Doc, Djehouti, Klynt, Korsakow, Storyplanet, Zeega. These are just some of the tools, many of them free and open source, currently available for creating non-linear and/or interactive narratives for and/or on the web. Each has been used to create web-based documentaries. All claim to be easy to use, with drag-and-drop interfaces, and no programming required. This expanding range of accessible ‘new media’ authoring tools1 falls into a category Manovich has termed ‘media software’: ‘programs that are used to create and interact with media objects and environments’ (2013, p. 38).
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Soar, M. (2014). Making (with) the Korsakow System. In: Nash, K., Hight, C., Summerhayes, C. (eds) New Documentary Ecologies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137310491_11
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