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Global Literacies and the World Wide Web

Gail E Hawisher editor Cynthia L Selfe editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:21st Oct '99

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The World Wide Web is transforming the way that information is distributed, received and acted upon.
Global Literacies and the World Wide Web provides a critical examination of the new on line literacy practices and values, and how these are determined by national, cultural and educational contexts. Gail Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe have brought together scholars from around the world, including: Mexico, Hungary, Australia, Palau, Cuba, Scotland, Greece, Japan, Africa and the United States. Each represents and examines on line literacy practices in their specific culture.
Global Literacies and the World Wide Web resists a romanticised and inaccurate vision of global oneness. Instead, this book celebrates the dynamic capacity of these new self defined literacy communities to challenge the global village myth with robust, hybrid redefintions of identity that honour ethnic, cultural, economic, historical, and ideological differences. This is a lively and original challenge to conventional notions of the relationship between literacy and technology.

'This collection is successful in bringing to researchers' attention a need for more comparative studies in this area.' - Elaine Millard, British Educational Research Journal

ISBN: 9780415189415

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 521g

310 pages