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The approach I used in designing and carrying out my project was embedding different ways of representing emotion through media, whether it be a passage read, a photo taken, or a song chosen to represent. I feel like one big thing with storytelling is the emotion it brings, and I wanted it to be signified throughout my interactive piece. I also think choosing things that related to me specifically brought out the project in a way that dove deeper into the storytelling aspect. Overall, giving it emotion and personal insight made it a better interaction and group of videos and environment than I expected.

Spatiality is central to the current media environment because media no longer exist in a single, fixed place; it moves across and reshapes both physical and digital spaces. Throughout the course, we saw how environments like cities, screens, and online platforms influence how media is experienced. Today, phones and apps layer digital content onto physical space, turning everyday environments into interactive, data-driven spaces. For example, fitness apps map movement onto real-world locations, while social media creates its own “spaces” where identity and interaction take place. This shows that space is not just a backdrop, but something actively produced and shaped by media.

This idea connects directly to a hypertext project created on Twine. In Twine, space is constructed through links, pathways, and choices rather than physical geography. Users “move” through a narrative space by clicking between nodes, creating a sense of exploration and spatial navigation. Just like in the broader media environment, the structure of the space influences the experience that the user sees, what choices they have, and how they interpret the story.