The Uses of Digital Literacy (Paperback)

Stuart Cunningham

ISBN 10: 0702237000 / ISBN 13: 9780702237003

Published by University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, QLD, 2009

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Paperback. One of two inaugural titles in the new UQP Creative Economy + Innovation Culture series - 'new knowledge for the new economy'Revisiting the pioneering work of Richard Hoggart and his book The Uses of Literacy after 50 years, creative industries pioneer John Hartley provides the conceptual framework, historical context and contemporary analysis needed to understand and extend the role of 'consumer productivity' in creative multimedia. This book shows how far both imaginative and factual media are already exploring the unintended consequences of population-wide digital literacy and social networks, promising a step-change in the growth of knowledge comparable to that of print literacy in the modern era. This book shows how far both imaginative and factual media are already exploring the unintended consequences of population-wide digital literacy and social networks, promising a step-change in the growth of knowledge comparable to that of print literacy in the modern era. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Uses of Digital Literacy (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, QLD
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0702237000
• ISBN 13: 9780702237003
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Fifty years after Richard Hoggart's pioneering volume The Uses of Literacy reshaped the educational response to popular culture, John Hartley extends Hoggart's argument into digital media by introducing the fields of digital literacy and mass media studies and explaining their potential uses and advantages, particularly concerning creative projects. Encouraging mass participation in the evolutionary growth of knowledge, this revealing study speculates how today's fad can become tomorrow's scientific method and argues that digital literacy's effect on society, education, and popular culture should not be underestimated.

About the Author

John Hartley is a research director at Queensland University of Technology. He is the editor of The International Journal of Cultural Studies and the author of Communication, Cultural and Media Studies.