1. It's easy to make fun of term "post-text" (I've done so myself) but let's ask what it means: https://medium.com/p/4dbb1d82eb52
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@felixsalmon "post-text" means "animations" and "video." That's true, but there is surely much more to "post-text"1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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3. In the early days of the internet, the web just absorbed print culture. It's only in last few years that "post-text" internet has emerged
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4. Under heading of "post-texts" we should surely include not just videos, animation but also emoji, GIFs, charts, smartchat, etc.
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5. Are these twitter-essays texts or post-texts? Classical texts are linear, stable, & non-responsive (unlike these tweets).
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6. Let's step back and think about "post-texts" in the manner of Marshall McLuhan and Walter Ong.
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7. Before there was post-text there was pre-text (orality) and texts (literacy)
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@kristoncapps Well, internet has had post-texty elements before but recently post-textuality really seems to be taking off.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet I don't know if art is your thing, but you might be interested in the Post-Internet art movement: http://hyperallergic.com/111638/art-after-the-internet/ …2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
@kristoncapps Very interested. Will take a look.
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