Literacy in a Digital World: Teaching and

An exploration of the jucture between media education and educational technology, for communication educators, education administrators

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

xi

INTRODUCTION

1

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1 PAUSE ON LITERACY FAST FORWARD

10

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Rewind to Referencing Past

13

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Literacy Through a Glass Darkly

15

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Literacy and Schooling

18

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On the Horns of Plato's Dilemma

20

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2 EXPANDING LITERACY

25

(17)

Literacy as Discourse: Theory at the Turn of the 21st Century

28

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The Discourse of Schooling

29

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Literacy Myths and Their Consequences

31

(2)

When Past and Future Collide

33

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Erasing the Myths of Literacy

36

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Avoiding False Dichotomies

40

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3 DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE ON THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER

42

(18)

Mass Communication Study at the Crossroads

44

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Scanning the Faultline

45

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In Search of Digital Literacy

48

(4)

Whatcha Doin' Marshall McLuhan?

52

(3)

From Oral to Print to Electronic and Back Again

55

(2)

Converging Literacy, Communication, and Educational Theory

57

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4 SPLINTERING LITERACIES

60

(9)

A New Literacy for a New Age

61

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A Case for Multiliteracies

63

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5 BEYOND ACCESS

69

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Educational Technology: Tools in Search of a Theory

71

(4)

Networked Computers as Literacy

75

(2)

Computers as Literacy

77

(2)

The Sum of the Parts

79

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Literacy Tools in Action: Crossing the Divide

86

(3)

Reframing the Access Issue

89

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6 REPRESENTING LITERACY IN THE AGE OF INFORMATION

92

(37)

Linking Literacies

93

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The Literacy of Libraries

97

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A Closer Look at Visual Literacy

104

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Visual Literacy in Practice: Codes and Contexts

109

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(What in the World Is) Media Literacy?

113

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Media Education in Europe

114

(4)

Defining Media Literacy

118

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Constituencies for Media Literacy Education

122

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Media Teaching About Media

123

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Media Education in Print

126

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7 TRADING WATER: MEDIA EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES

129

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Dissecting the Critical Viewing Movement of the 1970s

133

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Conflicting Purposes of Literacy

139

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Protecting Other People's Children

140

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Jammin' for a Better Tomorrow

149

(4)

8 MOVING TOWARD AN ACQUISITION MODEL OF MEDIA EDUCATION

153

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An Arts-Based Approach to Media Education

156

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The San Francisco Digital Media Center: An Arts-Based Approach in Action

160

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Critical Democratic Approaches to Media Education

162

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9 REPRESENTING DIVERSITY-MEDIA ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE

166

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Diversity and the Myth of Educational Failure

167

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Teaching in the Diverse Classroom

169

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Diversity and the Pop Culture Canon

170

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The Case for Cognitive Apprenticeships in Language and Literacy Learning

173

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Cognitive Apprenticeships in the Diverse Classroom

175

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Cognitive Apprenticeships for Media Education

177

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Congnitive Apprenticeships With Student-Produced Work

179

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The Case for Video Production in the Diverse Classroom

183

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Video as a Scaffolding Medium

183

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Representation and Reproduction

185

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10 TOWARD AN INTERACTIVE EDUCATION

195

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Coming to Consensus

197

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The Marriage of Analysis and Production

198

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In Search of Media Education Standards

200

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Exemplary Media Education Standards in the United States

202

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Research and Practice

224

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Scaling Up Local Critical Literacy Efforts

226

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Why Media Education?

228

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AFTERWORD: A TALE OF TWO CITIES

231

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Literacy in a Rural Setting

232

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Literacy in an Urban Landscape

243

(12)

APPENDIX: Global Multiliteracy Networks

255

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REFERENCES

258

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AUTHOR INDEX

275

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SUBJECT INDEX

281

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Literacy in a Digital World: Teaching and Learning in the Age of Information

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