Shoebridge, P. & Simons, M. 2011, Welcome to Pine Point, viewed online 1 April 2014, <http://interactive.nfb.ca/#/pinepoint>.
Online Documentaries are a perfect example of technological hybridity, technologies are constantly evolving and combining to make new mediums. While most technology is assumed to make people feel disconnected and impersonal, immersive online documentaries help to make a story feel more personal, and the user connected to the issue. As Lally writes, the Internet and various other ICTs gives information an extended life, opening it up to the public (Lally 2005). Pine Point would have otherwise most likely been lost forever once the generation who lived there were no longer alive, highlighting one of the ways ICTs help keep information and personal stories alive.
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