In the Digital Era, Our Dictionaries Read Us.

The article discusses the impact of digital technologies on the relation between dictionaries and society, noting that dictionaries have to quickly respond to public events that highlight certain words. Dictionaries addressed including the "Merriam-Webster," "Oxford English Dictionary" ("OED"), and the "American Heritage Dictionary." Other topics include the use of audio in online dictionaries, the use of crowdsourcing as a technique in lexicography, and cultural aspects of the transition from print to digital dictionaries.