Critical Approaches to the Storytelling Boom

This special issue features a selection of articles that provide both methodological groundwork and inspiration for further engagement with the contemporary instrumental use of narratives. It is divided into three parts. The first engages with the social and political context of the storytelling boom from the perspective of political campaigning; the second addresses the instrumentalization of storytelling in social media; and the third suggests story-critical alternatives by drawing on contemporary cultural and literary phenomena. Guest editors are Maria Mäkelä and Hanna Meretoja.