Meaning of cybertext | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Text on a computer, particularly hypertext
   countable, uncountable
2. Mutually interactive, technologically enhanced text as described by Aarseth.
   uncountable

Examples

“The sense of mystory^([sic]) opens up for academics the conceptual space of allowing students a singular journey through a cybertext.”

“Cybertext may promote such a strong feeling of distance between readers, writers, and texts that referentiality to material conditions is downplayed. The very physical act of holding a book and turning its pages-in a sense, much more interactive than clicking a mouse[…]”

“Procedural and generative cybertext work undermines the concept of authorship and encourages the discussion about 'cyborg authorship'”

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