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Terms starting withp

# Parasocial Relationships
One-sided relationships where individuals become attached to media personalities as if they are engaged in reciprocal friendship
Participatory Narrative
Form of storytelling that actively involves the audience in the creation or progression of the narrative, often facilitated by digital platforms that enable collaboration and interaction
# Platform Studies
Academic field that examines the underlying computer systems and technologies that support digital media and literature, focusing on their impact on creative practices and cultural expressions
# Platformization
Increasing influence of digital platforms in organizing social, economic, and cultural activities, shaping how digital narratives are created, distributed, and consumed
# Player Agency
Degree to which users or players can influence the direction or outcome of a story or game, highlighting the interactive aspect of digital media
# Poetic Alt Text
Use of creative, descriptive language in the alt attribute of HTML images, enhancing accessibility with poetic or narrative elements
# Polarization
Process where beliefs become more extreme and divided between opposing sides while moderate beliefs become less commonly represented or accepted
# Post-digital
Mindset or aesthetic that critiques the ubiquity of digital technology and culture, often by blending digital and analog practices in art and literature
# Posthuman Poetics
Literary arts that question humanist notions of subjectivity, embodiment, and agency in the context of advanced technology
Preservation
Strategies and practices used to ensure the long-term accessibility and integrity of digital works, addressing challenges such as technological obsolescence and format compatibility
# Procedurality
Use of computational processes to generate or influence narratives, emphasizing the role of algorithms and rules in shaping digital storytelling