Abstract
Many of us have been using social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, etc., in this digital era Sometimes we come across the thoughts, feelings in the form of poetry, quotes, short notes, etc., of a user in a particular platform. Some of these contents can motivate, encourage, educate, and entertain us. While some of others can be applicable to our personal situations.
Some people may blog and write short stories, poems and publish them in social media platforms which are open to their readers, this giving the latter the chance to read and criticize in the form of comments. Online publishers can read these comments and improvise their writings. Such forms of writings can be known as digital literature.
According to the Wikipedia, Digital literature otherwise called as electronic literature is an emerging genre of literature which is written on computer, tablets, mobile phones and has the capabilities of multimodality, interactivity, and algorithmic text generation in an aesthetic way to study and enjoy the literature.
As generations have passed, the medium of publishing books has been changing. Examples are manuscripts which were copied on palm leaves and handwritten papers to printing press which made publishing of books easy and from printing press to digital publications, where publications are done through social media platforms.
In this paper, digital literature will be studied, taking blog as a central idea. Light will also be shed on the social media platforms used by the authors and how they are reaching out their audiences.
Keywords: – Digital Literature, Manuscripts, Social Media, Publications, Multimodality, Authors and Audiences.
Rapaka Sushmitha*