A New Literacies Sampler
©2007
Textbook
X,
254 Pages
Series:
New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies, Volume 29
Summary
The study of new literacies is quickly emerging as a major research field. This book «samples» work in the broad area of new literacies research along two dimensions. First, it samples some typical examples of new literacies – video gaming, fan fiction writing, weblogging, role play gaming, using websites to participate in affinity practices, memes, and other social activities involving mobile technologies. Second, the studies collectively sample from a wide range of approaches potentially available for researching and studying new literacies from a sociocultural perspective. Readers will come away with a rich sense of what new literacies are, and a generous appreciation of how they are being researched.
Details
- Pages
- X, 254
- Publication Year
- 2007
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9780820495231
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Schriftlichkeit Aufsatzsammlung Literacy Adolescent literacy Fan fiction Gaming Popular media Neue Medien Technology Weblogs
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2007. X, 254 pp.
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