The collapse of the margins of Literature on the Internet: A study on the phenomenon of Creepypastas

Abstract

In contemporary times, literature loses its edges when mixed in cyberspace through the support of the Internet. The language used in network communication is hypermedia, where the hyper prefix refers to an overcoming of the media, in other words, that transcend the physical barriers present in the real world. Thus, the hypermedia language deals with the convergence between countless media, such as texts, images, photos, videos, among others, as well as allowing them to be transformed at any moment through sharing, downloading, versioning, commenting, tasting , among other actions. In this sense, with regard to literature, it can be said that with the arrival of the Internet, writing is no longer only propagated by the paradigm of paper-based printing, since the ebook is currently spoken of as supporting the existence of written texts and stories on the Internet, applications such as the Kindle, for example, that allows you to flip pages of electronic books through digital devices, as well as sharing stories created through forums, social networks, blogs and websites, which in turn provide creative support to a new type of literature, which is constructed from the Internet. Therefore, this article aims to analyze the phenomenon of Creepypastas, which are stories of suspense, terror and urban legends created and disseminated through the Internet. The research method was mainly based on the bibliographic survey. It seeks to understand with this study the strength of these tales and stories in the imagery and engagement of the connected public, as well as to verify if Creepypastas are a modern way of telling stories.