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1. Cell Phone Novel

   Before the ubiquity of iPad, Kindle, and other tablets ushered in a new appreciation of the literary, there was the cell phone novel. Initiated in Japan around 2000, one of the most popular examples of the cell phone novel ( keitai sh ō setsu ), Koizara , was successfully adapted into a multimilliondollar fi film. The success of keitai sh ō setsu can be attributed to a variety of factors: Japan’s cell phone ( keitai ) market, where screens are big; long commutes on public transport; the specific fi characteristics of the Japanese language; and the long tradition of the “personal, pedestrian and portable” (Ito 2005) as part of everyday life. As a medium, it has been embraced by young women, as both readers and writers, for its ability to provide new avenues and contexts for expression around previously tacit practices (e.g., domesticity; Hjorth 2009b).
   Ryan, Marie-Laure, Emerson, Lori, and Robertson, Benjamin J., eds. Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media.

   Sumeya Hassan - 06.05.2015 - 20:09