chapter 6 network writing

Chapter 6 is about network writings which is literature that is created and published for the internet. Sometimes if requires the user to visit multiple sites to explore the narrative. My first thought with this sentence is how hypertext allows users to explore literature. However it seems in this chapter, Rettburg goes for a different approach of how writing can be a way to explore different network options.

Rettburg writes, "For much of the world, networks are a condition of contemporary life. Their ubiquity has changed the nature of our communications, our style of writing, and perhaps even the way that we structure our thoughts. (152) In my opinion, networking has become such a popular term for today's younger generation. Being about to network means expanding yourself in many aspects such as personally and physically. The way Rettberg sees it, is that authors can work in digital media that allows for them to create a character and face problems in a critical way.

Since the internet is a fully multimodal medium it allows for users to expand themselves like never before. Through social media and all the other applications that come with technology comes with knowing the roles. Contemporary electronic literature has provided us with self-concious literary artifacts, process', and performances. Becoming familiar with these traits has allowed us to have a better understanding of our own engagement with electronic literature.

Cassie H