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Book SynopsisThis book brings together a group of internationally-reputed authors in the field of digital literacy. Their essays explore a diverse range of the concepts, policies and practices of digital literacy, and discuss how digital literacy is related to similar ideas: information literacy, computer literacy, media literacy, functional literacy and digital competence. It is argued that in light of this diversity and complexity, it is useful to think of digital
literacies the plural as well the singular. The first part of the book presents a rich mix of conceptual and policy perspectives; in the second part contributors explore social practices of digital remixing, blogging, online trading and social networking, and consider some legal issues associated with digital media.
Trade Review«With their fingers on the pulse of digital literacies research, Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel have again pulled together a volume as far-reaching in its consequence as it is rich in theory and analysis. Edited and synthesized for academic and lay audiences alike, this volume will prove a lasting contribution to the contemporary conversation among literacy scholars, technology and media researchers, pop culture theorists and those with interests in contemporary education, theory and practice, and literacy and learning in the twenty-first century. Highly recommended.» (Constance Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
«This impressive volume consolidates cutting-edge work across several disciplines to outline a field of digital media and new literacies. Crisply edited to be readable yet exhaustively researched enough to serve as an authoritative resource, this book has created a backbone [for] the field and is sure to earn a place on almost any literacy, technology or media studies scholar’s bookshelf.» (Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
«With their fingers on the pulse of digital literacies research, Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel have again pulled together a volume as far-reaching in its consequence as it is rich in theory and analysis. Edited and synthesized for academic and lay audiences alike, this volume will prove a lasting contribution to the contemporary conversation among literacy scholars, technology and media researchers, pop culture theorists and those with interests in contemporary education, theory and practice, and literacy and learning in the twenty-first century. Highly recommended.» (Constance Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
«This impressive volume consolidates cutting-edge work across several disciplines to outline a field of digital media and new literacies. Crisply edited to be readable yet exhaustively researched enough to serve as an authoritative resource, this book has created a backbone [for] the field and is sure to earn a place on almost any literacy, technology or media studies scholar’s bookshelf.» (Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Table of ContentsContents: Colin Lankshear/Michele Knobel: Introduction: Digital Literacies - Concepts, Policies and Practices – David Bawden: Origins and Concepts of Digital Literacy – Genevieve Marie Johnson: Functional Internet Literacy: Required Cognitive Skills with Implications for Instruction – Maggie Fieldhouse/David Nicholas: Digital Literacy as Information Savvy: The Road to Information Literacy – David Buckingham: Defining Digital Literacy - What Do Young People Need to Know About Digital Media? – Leena Rantala/Juha Suoranta: Digital Literacy Policies in the EU – Inclusive Partnership as the Final Stage of Governmentality? – Morten Søby: Digital Competence - From Education Policy to Pedagogy: The Norwegian Context – Allan Martin: Digital Literacy and the «Digital Society» – Ola Erstad: Trajectories of Remixing: Digital Literacies, Media Production, and Schooling – Lilia Efimova/Jonathan Grudin: Crossing Boundaries: Digital Literacy in Enterprises – Julia Davies: Pay and Display: The Digital Literacies of Online Shoppers – Michele Knobel/Colin Lankshear: Digital Literacy and Participation in Online Social Networking Spaces – Colin Lankshear/Michele Knobel: Digital Literacy and the Law: Remixing Elements of Lawrence Lessig’s Ideal of «Free Culture».
