Multiliteracies : beyond text and the written word

Multiliteracies: Beyond Text and the Written Word emphasizes literacies which are, or have been, common in American culture, but which tend to be ignored in more traditional discussions of literacy--specifically textual literacy. By describing multiliteracies or alternative literacies, and how they...

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Other Authors Provenzo, Eugene F. (Editor), Goodwin, Amanda (Editor), Lipsky, Miriam (Editor), Sharpe, Sheree (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., [2011]
SeriesLandscapes of education.
Subjects
Visual literacy > United States.
Media literacy > United States.
Literacy > Social aspects > United States.
Computers and literacy > United States.
Education > Aims & Objectives.
Moral and social purpose of education.
Educational strategies and policy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806615919
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-344-4
Physical Description1 online resource (xxv, 200 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: literacy for the 21st century
  • Hypertext: an interactive literacy / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. and Amanda P. Goodwin
  • Facebook and social networking sites: the multiliteracy of personal and professional network building / Amanda P. Goodwin
  • Environmental print / Lisa Repaskey
  • The city as text / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.
  • Emoticons / William B. Deese
  • Instant and text messaging / Maribel G. Harder
  • Numbers / Wensen Lin
  • Sign languages: communication in a silent world / Miriam Lipsky
  • Tattoos: the power of ink / Jennifer Diptee
  • The lectore: reading aloud as a collective literacy / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.
  • Rap music: a socio-cultural revolution / Maribel G. Harder
  • Corporate logos / William B. Deese
  • AIDS quilt as a literacy / Lisa Repaskey
  • Nautical and aeronautical literacies / Gabriel Quintana
  • Scientific simulation / Kathryn LeRoy
  • Streaming messages / William B. Deese
  • Hmong story cloths / Lisa Repaskey
  • The power of puppetry / Jennifer Diptee
  • Death t-shirts / Yvonne D. Perry
  • Roadside memorials / Yvonne Perry
  • Graffiti / Lisa Repaskey
  • Patriotic symbols / Gabriel Quintana
  • Baby sign language / Yvonne Perry
  • The human genome project as literacy / Kathryn LeRoy
  • Fashion branding / Yvonne Perry
  • Traffic signs / William B. Deese
  • Measurement literacy / Sheree T. Sharpe
  • The language of dance / Jennifer Diptee
  • Interpreting body language: the original literacy / Amanda P. Goodwin
  • Baseball signs: visual literacy at play / Miriam Lipsky
  • Order of magnitude literacy / Sheree T. Sharpe
  • Becoming literate in the language of dogs: a literacy that could save your life / Miriam Lipsky
  • Etiquette: the literacy of success / Amanda P. Goodwin
  • Ebonics as a literacy / /Sheree T. Sharpe
  • Visual representation of mathematics / Gabriel Quintana
  • Medical symbols, shorthand, and signage / Maribel G. Harder
  • Sports literacy / Gabriel Quintana
  • Interpersonal literacy through gestures / Maribel G. Harder
  • Electronic books / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.

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