Hoyt Long

Hoyt Long works at the intersection of Japanese literature, media, and book history, with broader interests in platform studies, cultural analytics, and generative AI. His two most recent books are The Values in Numbers: Reading Japanese Literature in a Global Information Age (2021), which reimagines modern Japanese literature through computational approaches and offers an accessible introduction to using data to understand literary texts; and Niche Worlds: Streaming Platforms and the Ways We Watch TV Now (2026), which uses the global success of "Squid Game" to challenge our conceptions of what it means to watch and study television in the streaming era. Most recently, he has engaged in empirical studies to better understand how generative AI is transforming the human relationship to writing, reading, and creativity, both online and through creative encounters with the technology. He co-directs Humanistic AI: Humanistic Pursuits in the Age of Generated Media, a cross-disciplinary initiative funded by the Neubauer Collegium for Culture & Society.