Digital Humanities Summarized

There is no one exact definition that describes digital humanities in full. It is a very broad term that encompasses a vast variety of meanings. It can be involved with the reading of electronic texts or hypertext readings. Some programs allow you to actually be involved in a certain poem or reading, allowing you to be further engaged. This is communicated through a vast amount of 1’s and 0’s that the computer can recognize. Digital Humanities involves a great deal of collaboration between partners or groups. There are systems out there that allow people to communicate on a very large scale including Xbox and Facebook. They both have digital hypertext that you are actually involved in. I also find this diagram explaining digital humanities research methods quite helpful when attempting to further understand the real meaning. I like how the tech part of it shows the scripting and the software components that are very important in the creation of most hypertext you see online today.

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