This white paper introduces Interactive Digital Narratives (IDN) as a powerful tool for tackling the complex challenges we face in today's society. In the scope of COST Action 18230 - Interactive Narrative Design for Complexity Representation (INDCOR), a group of researchers dedicated to studying media selected five case studies of IDNs, including educational games and news media, that confront and challenge the existing traditional media landscape. These case studies cover a wide range of important societal issues, such as racism, coloniality, cultural heritage, war, and disinformation. By exploring this broad range of examples, we aim to demonstrate how IDN can effectively address social complexity in an interactive, participatory, and engaging manner. We encourage you to examine these cases and discover for yourself how IDN can be used as a creative tool to address complex societal issues. This white paper might be inspiring for journalists, digital content creators, game designers, developers, educators using information and communication technologies in the classroom, or anyone interested in learning how to use IDN tools to tackle complex societal issues. In this sense, along with key scientific references, we offer key takeaways at the end of this white paper that might be helpful for media practitioners at large, in two main ways: 1) Designing IDNs to address complex societal issues and 2) Using IDNs to engage audiences with complex societal issues.

翻译：本白皮书介绍了交互式数字叙事（IDN）作为应对当今社会复杂挑战的有力工具。在COST Action 18230"复杂表征的交互式叙事设计"（INDCOR）项目框架下，致力于媒介研究的一组学者选取了五个IDN案例研究（涵盖教育游戏与新闻媒体），这些案例直面并挑战了现有的传统媒介格局。这些案例研究涉及种族主义、殖民性、文化遗产、战争和虚假信息等重要社会议题。通过探索这些广泛案例，我们旨在展示IDN如何以互动性、参与性和吸引性的方式有效处理社会复杂性。我们鼓励读者审视这些案例，亲自发现IDN如何作为创造性工具应对复杂社会问题。本白皮书可为新闻工作者、数字内容创作者、游戏设计师、开发者、在课堂中运用信息通信技术的教育者，以及任何希望学习使用IDN工具处理复杂社会议题的人士提供启发。为此，我们在提供关键科学参考文献的同时，于文末总结了两个主要维度的核心要点：1）设计用于应对复杂社会议题的IDN；2）运用IDN引导受众关注复杂社会议题。这些要点可为广大媒介从业者提供实践指导。