This article was another very interesting article. It really spoke upon the way we read upon our media developed throughout our history. It talked about writing all the way to current day internet or hypertext. Hypertext is like a page of links and articles that are about the same topic. The present day internet is very similar to Hypertext. I like how in the article it talked a little about multivocalism being popular on hypertext. It went through multiple types of things that are posted on hypertext also. The thought of hypertext being talked about so long ago really amazes me because its so ahead of its time. I think that books are dying out in todays society but i do know that a large part of the population still reads books. I know that I have read on one of those E-books on Kindle but i feel like books are more in the interests of older generations. This article was somewhat confusing on the points it was making but for the most part i pretty much understand it.
Hey Beef31,
ReplyDeleteI like your description of what hypertext was because it was kind of difficult to really understand what the author meant by that term. I too was surprised at how such hypertext was being used in the realm of storytelling. We often associate online texts with things that are fact-based, things that are information and maybe on the dry side. However, the idea of hypertext workshops with "hypertext hotels" and continuous storytelling sounded very interesting indeed. I agree with you that print-based books seems like it will become a thing for older, past generations, and it makes me a bit sad honestly. What are libraries going to be like? Will the shelves be replaced with more computers?