digital humanities

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noun

(used with a singular verb)

the study of literature, philosophy, etc., as facilitated by computer technology or digital media: Digital humanities uses data analysis to find patterns in large bodies of text.
the set of methodologies used in such scholarship.

(used with a plural verb) literature, philosophy, etc., as studied with digital tools: research in the digital humanities.

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The digital dating sphere can prove tricky, and bruising, for the trans user.
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Consider, too, that in this digital age, making something public is not only easier but has greater reach.
Public Marriage Proposals Must Die|Tauriq Moosa|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was, she diagnosed, half joking and half horrified, a “digital hoarder.”
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Panicked, I reached out to hoarding experts, who often refer to any kind of obsessive digital collecting as “infomania.”
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But in the Digital Age, we're at risk of a new type of hoarding that is equally problematic.
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only one typographical error was noted in the conversion of the printed document to digital format.
A Synopsis of the American Bats of the Genus Pipistrellus|Walter W. Dalquest
A commanding brow, thoughtful eyes, and a mouth that seemed to respond to all humanities.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster|Daniel Webster
The humanities became the fashion, just as science became the fashion in the nineteenth century.
Education: How Old The New|James J. Walsh
For a considerable period, therefore, the humanities had to be pursued in institutions apart from the universities.
Education: How Old The New|James J. Walsh
He was affected below all the surface that worldly thoughts and habits had laid, stratum by stratum, over the humanities within.
Night and Morning, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton