{"id":10,"date":"2005-08-31T17:09:47","date_gmt":"2005-08-31T21:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/2005\/08\/31\/cybertext-and-linear-text\/"},"modified":"2005-08-31T17:09:47","modified_gmt":"2005-08-31T21:09:47","slug":"cybertext-and-linear-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/2005\/08\/31\/cybertext-and-linear-text\/","title":{"rendered":"cybertext and linear text"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It intrigued me, really, to find that there is such a distinct difference between cybertext and the obvious, linear text. Aside from the clear comparison of engaging one&#8217;s senses through the screen of a computer, (where limitless possibilities await an artisist, designer, or writer) as opposed to reading  between the lines of a bounded paper back, I hadn&#8217;t taken much thought to distinguishing the two genres of print.  <\/p>\n<p>One thought that came to mind is simply that, although the use of interative digital media is becoming widely attractive for the use of communicating, I still feel that reading and interacting through the simplistic style of a book and piece of literature is valid in today&#8217;s market. <\/p>\n<p>HERE&#8217;s A LITTLE QUESTION-  what did Aarseth mean when he stated,<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8230; while they focused on what was being read, I focused on what was being read from, &#8221; ? (p. 3, Ergodic Literature). <\/p>\n<p>alright, that&#8217;s all!<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It intrigued me, really, to find that there is such a distinct difference between cybertext and the obvious, linear text. Aside from the clear comparison of engaging one&#8217;s senses through the screen of a computer, (where limitless possibilities await an artisist, designer, or writer) as opposed to reading between the lines of a bounded paper &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/2005\/08\/31\/cybertext-and-linear-text\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">cybertext and linear text<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}