Abstract Announcement for International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 8(3) International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) Volume 8, Issue 3, July - September 2017 GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE Special Issue on E-Politics of Immersion - Immersive Storytelling in Digital Ecosystems: ‘Down the Rabbit Hole' Christian Stiegler (Brunel University London, United Kingdom) To obtain a copy of the Guest Editorial Preface, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=186959&ptid=158509&ctid=15&t=Special Issue on E-Politics of Immersion - Immersive Storytelling in Digital Ecosystems: ‘Down the Rabbit Hole'<http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=186959&ptid=158509&ctid=15&t=Special%20Issue%20on%20E-Politics%20of%20Immersion%20-%20Immersive%20Storytelling%20in%20Digital%20Ecosystems:%20%E2%80%98Down%20the%20Rabbit%20Hole%27> ARTICLE 1 The Politics of Immersive Storytelling: Virtual Reality and the Logics of Digital Ecosystems Christian Stiegler (Brunel University London, United Kingdom) This article applies and extends the concept of social media logic to assess the politics of immersive storytelling on digital platforms. Digital platforms such as Facebook are offering all-surrounding mediated environments to communicate in Virtual Reality (‘Facebook Spaces') as well as immersive narratives such as Mr. Robot VR. This article provides an understanding of the politics of immersive storytelling and of its underlying principles of programmability, user experience, popularity, and platform sociality, which define immersive technologies in the 21st century. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/the-politics-of-immersive-storytelling/186960<http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-politics-of-immersive-storytelling/186960> To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186960<http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186960> ARTICLE 2 Navigating an Immersive Narratology: Factors to Explain the Reception of Fake News Bradley E. Wiggins (Webster Vienna Private University, Austria) In direct response to the rise in fake news as a socio-cultural and political phenomenon, this article presents an analysis of the factors that may help to explain the reception of fake news. In addition, recent pronouncements made by the Trump White House seem to challenge the nature of an objective truth. An immersive narratology emphasizes that different universes of discourse can intermingle and overlap, with fact and fiction becoming difficult to distinguish in our increasingly mediated lives. A tenable definition of fake news is offered prior to exploring historical antecedents of fake news. Persuasion, construction, immersion, distribution, and polarization represent the core factors that demystify the reception of fake news regardless as to whether an individual believes a story. A concluding discussion offers a critical evaluation of the potential of fake news to augment the news media landscape in the coming years. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/navigating-an-immersive-narratology/186961<http://www.igi-global.com/article/navigating-an-immersive-narratology/186961> To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186961<http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186961> ARTICLE 3 The Pervasive and the Digital: Immersive Worlds in Blast Theory's ‘A Machine to See With' and Dennis Del Favero's ‘Scenario' Daniel Paul O'Brien (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom) This paper discusses two immersive story worlds between two distinct interactive artworks. Blast Theory's A Machine to See With (2010) is a pervasive fictional experience that enables users, through the technology of their mobile phone, to become immersed within a fictional crime scenario across a real geographical setting. Dennis Del Favero's art project, Scenario (2011), by contrast, is an interactive and immersive story that takes place in a 360-degree digital cinematic space called an AVIE (Advanced Visualization and Interaction Environment). This immersive world is a mixed reality environment, a meeting place where five real users and ten digital screen characters converge and interact through the technology of motion sensing. Participants are virtually wired into the immersive world through the performance of their movement. This paper will explore both of these artworks through original interviews the author has conducted with each of the artists. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/the-pervasive-and-the-digital/186962<http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-pervasive-and-the-digital/186962> To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186962<http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186962> ARTICLE 4 An ‘Amuse-Bouche at Best': 360° VR Storytelling in Full Perspective Paul Moody (Brunel University London, United Kingdom) Much has been written about the function of narrative in virtual reality (VR) productions (Aylett & Louchart, 2003; Aylett et al, 2005; Ryan, 2001; 2005; 2008; 2009), but the role of the audience, and the relative degree of control that they have over the content, has led some scholars to believe that there is an ontological problem with describing VR in narrative terms. This article investigates some of these assumptions, via an analysis of an undertheorised aspect of VR that has emerged in recent years – the 360° film. It argues that 360° film represents a much more important aspect of VR than has been previously recognised. In so doing, the article establishes this medium as an important field of study, and argues that ultimately, it will be the commercial infrastructure for this content which will define the parameters of immersive storytelling. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/an-amuse-bouche-at-best/186963<http://www.igi-global.com/article/an-amuse-bouche-at-best/186963> To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186963<http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=186963> ________________________________ Editor-in-Chief: Yasmin Ibrahim (Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom) For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: www.igi-global.com/isj<http://www.igi-global.com/e-resources/infosci-databases/infosci-journals/>. ________________________________