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Carissa Baker’s dissertation, Exploring a Three-Dimensional Narrative Medium: The Theme Park as \u201cDe Sprookjessprokkelaar,\u201d The Gatherer and Teller of Stories<\/em>, earned the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the UCF College of Arts and Humanities. <\/p>\n

Dissertation abstract:
\nThough the global theme park industry is more than a half century old, studies of its narrative potential are in their infancy. The goals of this dissertation were to determine how the narrative techniques and technologies utilized by theme parks have changed over time and to articulate the characteristics that define theme parks as a unique narrative medium. This was accomplished using a mixed methods approach drawing data from interviews with creative professionals, archival research, fieldwork, and an analysis of more than eight hundred narrative attractions.<\/p>\n

The project revealed that storytelling is pervasive in the theme park industry. It located the most common attraction types, source material, and narrative devices as well as the key influencers of techniques and technologies over time. It determined that theme park designers perceive themselves as storytellers; they design with narrative systems, embed narratives within spaces, and engage in public discourse about them. While the work illustrated that theme parks are in some ways remediations of prior mediums and products of convergence culture, it also identified six significant aspects of theme parks that make them distinct from other narrative forms.<\/p>\n

This work expands on Texts and Technology\u2019s focus on emergent mediums, fills a gap in narrative scholarship by analyzing data from themed entertainment professionals, and lays the groundwork for future inquiries into theme parks as storytellers and spatial narrative mediums. <\/p>\n

Outline of Studies:<\/p>\n

Program: Texts and Technology<\/p>\n

Educational Career:
\nB.A., 2006, Chapman University
\nM.A., 2008, University of Central Florida<\/p>\n

Committee in Charge:
\nDr. Rudy McDaniel, Chair
\nDr. Anastasia Salter
\nDr. Natalie Underberg-Goode
\nDr. Duncan Dickson
\nDr. Moniek Hover<\/p>\n

Congratulations, Carissa!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carissa Baker’s dissertation, Exploring a Three-Dimensional Narrative Medium: The Theme Park as \u201cDe Sprookjessprokkelaar,\u201d The Gatherer and Teller of Stories, earned the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the UCF College of Arts and Humanities. 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