What it means is that someone has a single idea of how a certain place is, kind of like a steryotype.
Describe a single story you have heard told about your community. What is missing from that story? How could people learn more about that community?
A single story about West Virginia is that we are all rednecks that inbreed into oblivion. What is missing that extremely few are like that, but most of us are sophisticated, like any other place. People can learn about WV by visiting.
Describe a single story you have heard about another community. How did you learn that story? How could you find out more about that community?
A single story I have heard is that California is all hippies. I learned of this through the media and I could find out about CA is to visit or have an email "pen-pal".
How could a game let players experience many stories about a place or community?
It could show how life in an area actually is and not how they think it is.
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