Digital Narrative Communities: Storytelling in an Age of Narrative Crisis
Ananya Punyatoya – 2026
This Case Study examines how "digital narrative communities" emerge as collective spaces of storytelling in response to what Byung-Chul Han describes as the contemporary crisis of narration. In an era shaped by neoliberal subjectivity, platform capitalism, and the rapid circulation of informational fragments, narrative coherence is increasingly strained as personal experiences are transformed into content optimised for visibility and engagement. Yet, within digital platforms such as Reddit, TikTok, and Instagram, users continue to gather around shared experiences to produce iterative and affectively charged storytelling practices. These digital narrative communities demonstrate how fragmented narrative expressions can accumulate into shared narrative scripts, sustaining collective meaning-making even within the accelerated temporalities of platform culture.
How to cite:
Ananya Punyatoya. "Digital Narrative Communities: Storytelling in an Age of Narrative Crisis." Articulations (May 2026): https://doi.org/10.60949/3acg-df94.
