webnovela

plural webnovelas

1. A Latin American or European dramatized series, inspired by fan fiction, that is presented as a set of video chapters on the internet.

   The runs of webnovelas are much shorter (just fifteen episodes to the telenovelas’ 150) as is the duration of each episode (five minutes compared to forty-five) (311).

   2017, Paul Julian Smith, “Festivals, Webseries, Porn”, in Queer Mexico: Cinema and Television since 2000, Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, →ISBN, page 22

   2 more examples

   Starting in 2009, univision.com users will get the opportunity to watch a free interactive webnovela called ‘Vidas Cruzadas’ (Crossed Lives) featuring Kate del Castillo and Guy Ecker. This 15-episode webnovela will consist of three- to five-minute episodes.

   2008 December 10, “Shakira heads to the White House”, in Vida en el Valle, volume 18, number 50, page B-1

   The adolescents related that they had become involved with webnovelas as a result of recommendations from friends or cousins, or simply by chance when searching for information about their idols or favorite characters on the Internet.

   2014, Ilana Eleá, “Fanfiction and Webnovelas: The Digital Reading and Writing of Brazilian Adolescent Girls”, in Karen Ross, editor, The Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Media, Wiley Blackwell, →ISBN, pages 74–75