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Idea Channel is a biweekly web series that examines the evolving relationship between modern technology and art.
Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@MikeRugnetta)
Produced by Kornhaber Brown
IDEA CHANNEL: Is Twitter Literature?
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Everyone is familiar with Twitter, the uber-popular micro-blogging site, which limits the user to 140 characters. The tweet is perfect for sharing your favorite links and updating the world about your life, but it might also be the newest literary form! While many think that art requires unbridled freedom, constraints often inspire the greatest creativity. And this massively constrained communication, which has remarkable similarities to the Haiku, has inspired creativity worthy of the name "literature."
What do you think? Is Twitter a form of literature? Let us know in the comments!
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