Changes in the Humanities

Elise brought up an interesting point in Digital Culture / Humanities as she was talking about how communication has developed into condensed and quicker forms of language and communication. Texting and  Social Media are prime examples of this. She also made the point that these condensed forms of language are becoming a detriment to the humanities. I agree in part with this, but I also just want to add a little bit more to it.

I agree that the art of writing and forms of deeper communication like it are giving way to forms that are not as complete in a way, as she talked about. But a different way of looking at it is that a new form of the humanities is emerging. The humanities are studying the changes in human culture and how we grow and develop in our methods of art, communication, writing, reading, etc. Humanities especially focuses, though, on the written word. In the humanities we are used to studying literature in its purest form, and most people think of the classics and how they  might compare to modern and contemporary culture. Digital Culture is creating new ideas to compare with the ideas in this classic literature, and as the contemporary ideas of communication change, we actually have more to talk about in trying to compare or even differentiate them with our traditional ideas of literature and the humanities.