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：本白皮书将交互式数字叙事（IDN）作为应对当今社会复杂挑战的有力工具加以引介。在COST行动18230"面向复杂性表征的交互式叙事设计"（INDCOR）框架下，一个致力于媒体研究的学者团队选取了包括教育游戏和新闻媒体在内的五个IDN案例研究，这些案例直面并挑战了现有传统媒体格局。所涉案例涵盖种族主义、殖民性、文化遗产、战争与虚假信息等广泛而重要的社会议题。通过探讨这一系列多元实例，我们旨在展示IDN如何以交互性、参与性和引人入胜的方式有效应对社会复杂性。我们鼓励您审视这些案例，自行发现IDN作为创造性工具应对复杂社会议题的潜能。本白皮书或将为记者、数字内容创作者、游戏设计师、开发者、在课堂教学中运用信息通信技术的教育工作者，以及任何希望学习如何运用IDN工具处理复杂社会议题的人士提供启发。据此，除关键科学参考文献外，本白皮书末尾还提供了两大核心启示，或可广泛助力媒体从业者：其一，设计应对复杂社会议题的IDN；其二，运用IDN引导受众关注复杂社会议题。