This factsheet was created by Sarah Switzer and Ilona Alex Abramovich for the Empower Project.

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Digital stories can be the combination of text, pictures and graphics, video, voice, and music to create a 2-8-minute first-person narrative used for research, health promotion, community development, policy change, etc. Digital stories revolve around a chosen theme (e.g. a snapshot of time) and often contain a particular viewpoint. Digital storytelling brings social media and firsthand experience together to educate and inform the public.