Powerlessness In Electronic Literature: By Blake Aschenbrener, Sriram Satyavolu, and Savannah WaltersMain MenuTable of ContentsExploring Powerlessness in Digital LiteratureAuthors: Blake Aschenbrener, Savannah Walters, and Sriram Satyavolu"Motions" - A Critical IntroductionSection by Blake AschenbrenerA Critical Introduction to "I Got Whacked in the Face with a Baseball Bat"Summary and Composition of the workUntrace by Serge BouchardonExplored by Savannah WaltersAbout the AuthorsSOURCESThanks for the kNoWleDgE (aka CITE THIS SHIZ)Savannah Waltersa3e04feed2edcb60509ab4c067b335e548b72fb2Sriram Satyavolu2164a22a6fd8d39c114a418d12c34b1202c37634Blake Aschenbrenerc610402479572d4bab3011c09a8d9fe15c6db0e3
Lack of Control for the Readers
12018-11-15T19:50:54-08:00Sriram Satyavolu2164a22a6fd8d39c114a418d12c34b1202c376343205011Control is not always necesssary for the readersplain2018-11-19T15:14:22-08:00Sriram Satyavolu2164a22a6fd8d39c114a418d12c34b1202c37634Even though the elements of electronic literature such as auditory and visual components are prevalent in “I Got Whacked in the Face with a Baseball Bat”, there seems to be a sense of lack of freedom in the literature. The controls given to the readers in the works by Yang-Hae are limited since there is no freedom to physically manipulate the literature and change the story in some way. Aside from just not being able to make decisions to manipulate the literature, there is no way to slow down the video during the parts the text moves too fast for the readers to catch what is said. The visual and auditory components are also controlled by the authors. The way the uplifting music was selected deceives the readers to feel what the author intended for you to feel. The lack of control in most other types of literature such as Heart Suit would make those pieces of literature less engaging, but in the case of this electronic literature work, that engagement is still found. For example, without letting the readers interact with Heart Suit would just make it similar to linear types of literature. The story is not read online, so it will not have as much of an effect. The way that Heavy Industries formats their pieces allows for the readers to be engaged since they are very minimalistic. Simplicity is important to engaging audiences since making any type of media too complicated can cause the readers to become distracted on how to control the piece of media. For “I Got Whacked in the Face with a Baseball Bat”, there is no distraction since the way that the media is presented is simple. The reader only needs to press the play button and let the author take you on an adventure with the use of engaging music and font sizes. In some ways, the author wants to keep the control since by it makes the readers focus on the text itself.
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12018-11-15T19:48:27-08:00Sriram Satyavolu2164a22a6fd8d39c114a418d12c34b1202c37634The Significance of TypographySriram Satyavolu20In this specific work, images are not used, rather the way the text is formatted is the visual componentplain2018-11-19T15:11:56-08:00Sriram Satyavolu2164a22a6fd8d39c114a418d12c34b1202c37634
12018-11-15T19:49:34-08:00Sriram Satyavolu2164a22a6fd8d39c114a418d12c34b1202c37634The Influence of MusicSriram Satyavolu12music affects the way humans visualize imagesplain2018-11-19T15:15:07-08:00Sriram Satyavolu2164a22a6fd8d39c114a418d12c34b1202c37634
12018-11-15T19:48:27-08:00Sriram Satyavolu2164a22a6fd8d39c114a418d12c34b1202c37634The Significance of Typography20In this specific work, images are not used, rather the way the text is formatted is the visual componentplain2018-11-19T15:11:56-08:00Sriram Satyavolu2164a22a6fd8d39c114a418d12c34b1202c37634
12018-11-15T19:49:34-08:00Sriram Satyavolu2164a22a6fd8d39c114a418d12c34b1202c37634The Influence of Music12music affects the way humans visualize imagesplain2018-11-19T15:15:07-08:00Sriram Satyavolu2164a22a6fd8d39c114a418d12c34b1202c37634
12018-11-18T23:49:53-08:00Controls on the Video1yhchang.com ("Whacked" Story)media/Screen Shot 2018-11-18 at 6.42.45 PM.pngplain2018-11-18T23:49:53-08:00