Digital Literature
This format of storytelling uses hyperlinks to offer multiple narrative paths.
What is hypertext fiction?
This AI technology can generate poetry, stories, and essays based on user prompts.
What is a language model (e.g., ChatGPT)?
This major tech company developed Google Translate.
What is Google?
These small digital icons have become part of everyday communication.
What are emojis?
This word processor is a standard tool for many modern authors.
What is Microsoft Word?
The term for novels or stories written and consumed primarily through social media platforms.
What are Twitterature or Instagram fiction?
AI-driven tools that convert spoken language into text are called this.
What is speech recognition or transcription software?
The internet has helped preserve and revive these types of endangered forms of speech.
What are endangered or minority languages?
The rise of texting and the internet has created this fast-evolving language variety.
What is netspeak or internet slang?
Platforms like Scrivener are designed to support this type of long-form writing.
What is novel or book writing?
This electronic reading device revolutionized access to books starting in the late 2000s.
What is the Kindle?
This branch of AI focuses on the interaction between computers and human language.
What is Natural Language Processing (NLP)?
This platform offers free collaborative translations of classic and modern literature.
What is Project Gutenberg (or sometimes Wikisource)?
New forms of literature on apps like Wattpad are often written in this informal style.
What is chat fiction or conversational prose?
These online communities allow collaborative story writing or editing (e.g., AO3, Wattpad).
What are fan fiction platforms?
This type of literature includes multimedia elements like video, audio, or interactive graphics.
What is multimedia literature or electronic literature?
A term for AI systems translating from one language to another.
What is machine translation?
Real-time subtitles and auto-translation on this platform have increased global access to video literature.
What is YouTube?
This term refers to the blending of multiple languages in digital communication.
What is code-switching or translanguaging?
This popular open-source publishing platform powers millions of blogs and online lit journals.
What is WordPress?
This software-based platform allows users to create and read interactive fiction using natural language commands.
What is Twine?
This famous poem was partially co-written by AI and sparked debates about authorship in 2019.
What is “The Day a Computer Writes a Novel”? (Or reference any other AI co-written literary piece depending on the audience.)
The term for adapting software or content linguistically and culturally to a specific market.
What is localization?
This linguistic phenomenon involves creating new words or expressions through technology (e.g., “Google it”).
What is neologism?
This digital tool allows authors to use branching narratives and nonlinear storytelling, popular in games and fiction.
What is interactive fiction software or choice-based engines?