Understanding Digital Literacies: A Practical Introduction; Second Edition

__Understanding Digital Literacies Second__ __Edition__ provides an accessible and timely introduction to new media literacies. This book equips students with the theoretical and analytical tools with which to explore the linguistic dimensions and social impact of a range of digital literacy practices. Each chapter in the volume covers a different topic, presenting an overview of the major concepts, issues, problems, and debates surrounding it, while also encouraging students to reflect on and critically evaluate their own language and communication practices. Features of the second edition include: • expanded coverage of a diverse range of digital media practices that now includes Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Tinder, and WhatsApp; • two entirely new chapters on mobility and materiality, and surveillance and privacy; • updated activities in each chapter which engage students in reflecting on and analysing their own media use; • e-resources featuring a glossary of key terms and supplementary material for each chapter, including additional activities and links to useful websites, articles, and videos. This book is an essential textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying courses in new media and digital literacies. Understanding Digital Literacies 2nd Edition provides an accessible and timely introduction to new media literacies. Cover 1 Endorsement Page 2 Half Title 4 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Table of Contents 8 List of illustrations 13 Preface to the second edition 15 Chapter 1 Mediated me 18 Mediation 19 Affordances and constraints 23 Creativity 29 Media utopias and dystopias 31 What are ‘digital literacies’? 33 How this book is organized 36 Part I Digital tools 38 Chapter 2 Information everywhere 40 Information and relationships 41 Ontologies: Organizing the world 43 Filtering 47 The attention economy 57 Conclusion 60 Chapter 3 Reading and writing in digital contexts 62 Hypertext and linking 63 Dynamic hypertext 67 Clickbait or ‘You won’t believe what you’re about to read!!’ 70 Is hypertext making you stupid? 72 Interactivity 73 Automatic writing 75 Mashups and remixing 77 Conclusion 80 Chapter 4 Multimodality 82 From page to screen 84 Interfaces 87 Visual design in multimodal texts 95 Combining modes 98 Designing video 102 Conclusion 105 Chapter 5 Online language and social interaction 106 Media effects 108 User effects 115 What are we doing when we interact online? 117 ‘Phatic’ communication 120 The richness of lean media: Mode-mixing and mode-switching 125 Conclusion 127 Chapter 6 Mobility and materiality 129 Mobility and hybrid spaces 130 Locative media 132 Placemaking with digital images 135 Embodiment 139 Materiality and the ‘Internet of Things’ 146 Conclusion 150 Chapter 7 Critical digital literacies 152 Ideologies and imaginaries 152 Are technologies ideological? 154 Mediation redux 155 Interfaces and dark patterns 165 Fake news 169 Who owns the internet? 171 Conclusion: ‘Hacking’ digital media 173 Part II Digital practices 176 Chapter 8 Online cultures and intercultural communication 178 Online cultures as discourse systems 179 Light communities and ambient affiliation 185 Cultures-of-use and media ideologies 190 Intercultural communication online 194 Tribalism and polarization 196 Conclusion 198 Chapter 9 Games, learning, and literacy 200 Games and literacy 200 Reading and writing in games 202 Games and our material and social worlds 212 Games and identity 216 Games and learning 218 Conclusion 220 Chapter 10 Social (and ‘anti-social’) media 222 We are not files 223 Social networks and social ties 225 The presentation of self on social networking platforms 229 ‘Anti-social media’ 238 Conclusion 242 Chapter 11 Collaboration and peer production 243 Collaboration in writing 244 Wikinomics and peer production 251 The wisdom of crowds 259 Memes and virality 260 Conclusion 265 Note 266 Chapter 12 Surveillance and privacy 267 What is privacy? 268 Responses to privacy challenges 271 Lateral surveillance 276 Pretexts 278 Entextualization 281 Conclusion 290 Notes 291 Afterword: Mediated Us 292 References 294 Index 312 New,Literacies,for,the,Information,Age;,Introduction,to,New,Media,Technologies;,Introduction,to,New,Media,Studies;,Composition,and,the,New,Media;,New,Media,Literacies;,language,and,technology;,language,and,the,internet;,digital,culture;,Text,Analysis;,Rodney,Jones;,Christoph,Hafner;,Rodney,H,Jones;,digital,literacies New Literacies for the Information Age,Introduction to New Media Technologies,Introduction to New Media Studies,Composition and the New Media,New Media Literacies,language and technology,language and the internet,digital culture,Text Analysis,Rodney Jones,Christoph Hafner,Rodney H Jones,digital literacies "Understanding Digital Literacies 2nd Edition provides an accessible and timely introduction to new media literacies. This book equips students with the theoretical and analytical tools with which to explore the linguistic dimensions and social impact of a range of 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 subject, while also encouraging students to reflect on and critically evaluate their own language and communication practices. Features of the 2nd edition include: expanded coverage of a diverse range of digital media practices that now includes Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Tinder, and WhatsApp; two entirely new chapters on Mobility and Materiality and Surveillance and Privacy; updated activities in each chapter which engage students in reflecting on and analysing their own media use; e-resources featuring a glossary of key terms and supplementary material for each chapter, including additional activities and links to useful websites, articles, and videos. This book is an essential textbook for undergraduate and post-graduate students studying courses in new media and digital literacies"-- Provided by publisher This book offers an introduction to digital media literacies. This book equips students with the theoretical and analytical tools with which to explore the linguistic dimensions and social impact of a range of 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 subject, while also encouraging students to reflect on and critically evaluate their own language and communication practices. Features of this edition include: expanded coverage of a diverse range of digital media practices that now includes Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Tinder, and WhatsApp; two new chapters on Mobility and Materiality and Surveillance and Privacy; updated activities in each chapter which engage students in reflecting on and analyzing their own media use; e-resources featuring a glossary of key terms; and supplementary material for each chapter, including additional activities and links to useful websites, articles, and videos. This book is primarily aimed at undergraduate and post-graduate students studying courses in new media and digital literacies. -- Provided by publisher