Literature in the 21st Century: The Impact of Technology

• 21st century world literature


  Demands a separate discussion of one crucial factor: technology
• At a time when scientific and technological innovations emerge at a rapid pace, literature has evolved to mirror the advancements of the digital age
• Literature of the global community in this current century

  • Innovation-unbound and widespread
• Literary developments in our country reflect the bigger picture: the ever-expanding influence of technology and media on human thought and expression
• How writers generate and share ideas


  Technological developments have played a pivotal role
• Process of getting their work out for the world to enjoy


  Technological developments have played a pivotal role
• Books, newspapers, and magazines have been so deeply embedded in virtually every society around the world
• Print culture is a note on
• While it is difficult, almost unfathomable, to imagine society without these print media, the rise of the Internet culture has undoubtedly affected their circulation
• Across the globe, book sales and subscriptions to newspapers and magazines have dipped—a consequence of the proliferation of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets
• The powers-that-be of traditional media outlets have adjusted by exploring the new digital territory
• Through mobile devices, we can get news updates from websites and social media accounts of newspapers and magazines
• Publishing houses have come to provide e-book versions of their various titles to complement the distribution of their printed material
• Technology has spawned new ways of circulation
• Technology has spawned unique literary developments
• 1. books


  Progressed from being digital texts to complete audiovisual experiences, with the use of media clips meant for viewing and listening
• Hypertextual poems


  Allow readers to navigate through different webpages as they seek to understand the meaning of various words
• Twitter


  140-character posts on social media, a vehicle of expression for anyone, for any purpose
• Facebook


  Ubiquitous social media outlet, allows users to express themselves on the digital terrain through status updates
• Facebook status updates


  • Do not have the strict character restriction of Tweets, allow users to convey longer, more detailed sentiments
• Facebook posts


  • Short stories
  • Plays
• Blogs


  Utilized by individual writers and companies alike to get their messages across
• Online forums


  Where Internet users around the world exchange and dispute ideas in real time
• SMS fiction


  Literary genre that emerged from messaging through mobile phones
• Textula


  Term coined in the local scene for a literary genre that emerged from messaging through mobile phones
• Technological advancements in the 21st century


  Have become intertwined with the growth of literature
• Humanity, ingenious and ever-transforming, will continue to merge the progress of technology with literary expression for the foreseeable future