Understanding Digital Literacies : A Practical Introduction


Rodney H. Jones
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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Florence : : Taylor and Francis, , 2012.
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1 online resource (225 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1 Mediated Me""; ""Mediation""; ""Affordances and constraints""; ""Creativity""; ""Mediation and �moral panics� ""; ""What are �digital literacies�?""; ""Useful resources""; ""Part I Digital Tools""; ""Chapter 2 Information Everywhere""; ""Information and relationships""; ""Organizing data""; ""Networks and organization""; ""Finding and filtering""; ""Conclusion""; ""Useful resources""; ""Chapter 3 Hyperreading and Hyperwriting""; ""Hypertext and linking"". - ""Chapter 6 Attention Structures""""Digital media and polyfocality""; ""Attention structures""; ""The attention economy and digital literacies""; ""Conclusion""; ""Useful resources""; ""Chapter 7 Critical Literacy""; ""Technology and ideology""; ""Mediation""; ""Ideology and the technology of language""; ""Ideology and digital technologies""; ""Conclusion""; ""Useful resources""; ""Part II Digital Practices""; ""Chapter 8 Online Cultures and Intercultural Communication""; ""Online cultures as discourse systems""; ""�Cultures-of-use� and �media ideologies�"". - ""Intercultural communication online""""Where to now for the global village?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Useful resources""; ""Chapter 9 Games, Learning and Literacy""; ""�Reading� and �writing� in games""; ""Games and identity""; ""Games and learning""; ""Conclusion""; ""Useful resources""; ""Chapter 10 Social Networking""; ""We are not files""; ""Who are these people on my Facebook?""; ""Privacy and profit""; ""The presentation of self on social networking sites""; ""Conclusion""; ""Useful resources""; ""Chapter 11 Collaboration and Peer Production""; ""Collaboration in writing"". - ""Reading critically in hypertext""""Is hypertext making you stupid?""; ""Interactivity, commenting and participating""; ""Mashups and remixing""; ""Conclusion""; ""Useful resources""; ""Chapter 4 Multimodality""; ""From page to screen""; ""Visual design: Laying out the screen""; ""The world in pictures: Designing multimodal texts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Useful resources""; ""Chapter 5 Online Language and Social Interaction""; ""Media effects and user effects""; ""What are we doing when we interact online?""; ""Meaning and creativity""; ""Textual selves""; ""Conclusion""; ""Useful resources"". - ""Wikinomics and peer production""""The wisdom of crowds""; ""Conclusion""; ""Useful resources""; ""Chapter 12 Digital Literacies at Work""; ""Literacies for the �new work order�""; ""The promises and pitfalls of the �wiki-workplace�""; ""Digital media and the creation of context""; ""Social media and career advancement""; ""Critical perspectives on the �new work order�""; ""Conclusion""; ""Useful resources""; ""Afterword: Mediated Me 2.0""; ""It�s all about you""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Index"". - Assuming no knowledge of linguistics, Understanding Digital Literacies provides an accessible and timely introduction to new media literacies. It supplies readers with the theoretical and analytical tools with which to explore the linguistic and social impact of a host of new digital literacy practices. Each chapter in the volume covers a different topic, presenting an overview of the major concepts, issues, problems and debates surrounding the topic, while also encouraging students to reflect on and critically evaluate their own language and communication practices.Features include:coverage o
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9780415673150. - 9780415673167

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