Interview with Angeline Koh of Tyros Singapore

Angeline Koh Tyros Singapore

An interview was conducted with Angeline Koh as she provided insights regarding what Digital Storytelling is and her practices, as well as the workshops that she had created.

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When asked about it, Koh stated that digital storytelling works almost like journaling with the process of selfreflection. By drawing components from the self-reflection embedded in journaling, digital storytelling prompts the audience to share a story while thinking of the visual representation of how they want their story to be presented.

Unlike journaling which often is just for one audience which is themselves, digital storytelling as a framework offers a chance to take the stories of these people and present it to an audience. This creates awareness and presents the opportunity for people to talk about unconventional issues.

An essential step in digital storytelling is to show the story and then disseminate it. The dissemination process proves to be important, because without it the story will most likely disappear and will not be retained in people’s minds. In terms of the implementation, digital storytelling has to carry a conversational tone, and it needs to be succinct to keep an individual’s attention glued to the story.

Koh discussed that a way to implement it is through social media. A large part of the public is now connected in online social networks and social media where there is the opportunity to share stories and be connected to each other. Additionally, The Lion’s Mind Therapist mentioned how social media has helped to broaden parents’ understanding to provide more emotional support for their child through campaigns.

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This collection of stories has the power to change the public’s understanding regarding this issue. ‘Abuse, when you hear 1 story of abuse you might feel sorry. But 2 stories, 3 stories, 10 stories, you realize there’s a running thread in all of these stories and a pattern and you realize that it actually is a social issue.’ according to Koh.

Through the telling of these stories, it can present parental verbal abuse as a significant issue with negative mental health consequences to Singapore’s young adults.