Rethinking digital literacy / Guy Merchant (Emeritus Professor, Sheffield Hallam University, UK).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merchant, Guy, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Rethinking education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer literacy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"Applying novel theoretical perspectives to key current topics, this book aims to rethink and redefine our understanding of digital literacy. Guy Merchant underscores the pressing need to look critically at the impacts and complexities of new aspects of digital communication as it has become increasingly significant in modern life. In this cutting-edge book, Merchant explores how digital literacy has become an integral part of everyday work and leisure, used for official, unofficial, formal and non-formal purposes. The book raises issues that are central to the development of digital literacy in policy and practice, and emphasises its position as a distinct orientation in research and scholarship. Chapters consider a variety of established and emerging communicative practices, including the work of computational agents such as algorithms, AI and chatbots. In this critical contribution to the literature, Merchant evaluates the social and material dimensions of digital literacy and includes illustrative examples of digital communication in context, presenting a sociomaterial account of new literacy practices. Rethinking Digital Literacy is a crucial resource for students and academics in education and education policy, as well as in literacy studies and communication studies. Its forward-thinking insights into educational technology will also benefit policymakers, practitioners and researchers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

1. Changing patterns of communication

2. Digital communication in context

3. Literacy: New ways of making meaning

4. Everyday digital practices in the lives of children and young people

5. Digital materialities

6. New perspectives

7. Ethics in postdigital culture

8. Literacy in a postdigital world

9. Rethinking digital literacy

References.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035342044 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.