Academic Research
The storytelling boom has attracted the attention of narrative scholars, interrogating ethical questions posed by storytelling practice.
Brooks, Peter. Seduced by Story: the Use and Abuse of Narrative. 2022.
Cheyfitz, Kirk, Harnessing Narrative Persuasion for Good. 2023.
Fernandes, Sujatha. Curated Stories: The Uses and Misuses of Storytelling. 2017
Macrae, Andrea. Small Stories in Charity Fundraising Letters and the Ethics of Interwoven Individualism. 2022.
Mäkelä, Maria, Samuli Björninen, Laura Karttunen, Matias Nurminen, Juha Raipola, Tytti Rantanen, 2021. Dangers of Narrative: A Critical Approach to Narratives of Personal Experience in Contemporary Story Economy. 2021.
Mäkelä, Maria and Hanna Meretoja. Critical Approaches to the Storytelling Boom. 2022.
Meretoja, Hanna. The Ethics of Storytelling. 2018.
Polletta, Francesca, Tania DoCarmo, Kelly Marie Ward and Jessica Callahan. Personal Storytelling in Professionalized Social Movements. 2021.
Salmon, Christian. Storytelling: Bewitching the Modern Mind. 2007.
Shuman, Amy. Other People's Stories: Entitlement Claims and the Critique of Empathy. 2010.
Willett, Ashlan S., Aaron Levy and Rita Charon. For Clinicians Who Write Essays About Patients: Conceptual Review of Consent and Ethical Considerations. 2026.