{"product_id":"understanding-digital-literacies-a-practical-introduction","title":"Understanding Digital Literacies: A Practical Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003eAssuming no knowledge of linguistics  Understanding Digital Literacies provides an accessible and timely introduction to new media literacies. It supplies readers with the theoretical and analytical tools with which to explore the linguistic and social impact of a host of new digital literacy practices. Each chapter in the volume covers a different topic  presenting an overview of the major concepts  issues  problems and debates surrounding the topic  while also encouraging students to reflect on and critically evaluate their own language and communication practices.  Features include: coverage of a diverse range of digital media texts  tools and practices including blogging  hypertextual organisation  Facebook  Twitter  YouTube  Wikipedia  websites and games an extensive range of examples and case studies to illustrate each topic  such as how blogs have affected our thinking about communication  how the creation and sharing of digital images and video can bring about shifts in social roles  and how the design of multiplayer online games for children can promote different ideologies a variety of discussion questions and mini-ethnographic research projects involving exploration of various patterns of media production and communication between peers  for example in the context of Wikinomics and peer production  social networking and civic participation  and digital literacies at work end of chapter suggestions for further reading and links to key web and video resources a companion website providing supplementary material for each chapter  including summaries of key issues  additional web-based exercises  and links to further resources such as useful websites  articles  videos and blogs.  This book will provide a key resource for undergraduate and graduate students studying courses in new media and digital literacies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966863896629,"sku":"ByrdShop_0415673151","price":24.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415673150.jpg?v=1770584513","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/understanding-digital-literacies-a-practical-introduction","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}