Tracing continuities in digital and documentary practices, this book is a study of interactive documentary from the perspective of documentary culture.

Kate Nash is Associate Professor in the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds. Her research explores the intersections of documentary practice and digital media culture. She has published widely in leading journals and is co-editor (with Craig Hight) of Studies in Documentary Film.

Introduction: Interactive documentary: Theory and debate ; Chapter 1 Documentary databases: On (not) telling stories in the possibility space ; Chapter 2 Participatory intensities: Exploring interactive documentary practice ; Chapter 3 Interactive documentary and the political: Civic cultures and convening publics ; Chapter 4 Reality effects: Simulation as interactive documentary practice ; Chapter 5 Stepping into the story for good: Virtual reality (VR) and empathy in the context of first-person media ; Chapter 6 The petabyte (anti) sublime: Big data, knowledge, and interactive documentary ; Conclusion: From 'mass extinction' to renewal?