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Digital literacy : tools and methodologies for information society / [edt.] Pier Cesare Rivoltella.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Hershey PA : IRM Press, cop. 2008Description: xvi, 350 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 978-1-59904-798-0 (hardcover)
  • 1-59904-798-5 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.4833 22
Incomplete contents:
Section I: The Information Society: A Conceptual Framework -- Chapter I: Knowledge, Culture, and Society in the Information Age Pier Cesare Rivoltella -- Chapter II: Communicating in the Information Society: New Tools for New Practices Lorenzo Cantoni, Stefano Tardini -- Chapter III: Digital Media and Socialization Mario Morcellini -- Chapter IV: New Episthemologies in a Changing Media Environment, Giuseppe Ardrizzo -- Chapter V: Integrating Technology Literacy and Information Literacy, Jennifer Sharkey, D. Scott Brandt -- Section II: The Information Society: Educative Researches -- Chapter VI: Growing Up Wireless: Being a Parent and Being a Child in the Age of Mobile Communication, Letizia Caronia -- Chapter VII: Children and Computers: What They Know, What They Do, Paolo Maria Ferri, Susanna Mantovani -- Chapter VIII: Adolescents and the Internet: Media Appropriation and Perspectives on Education, Evelyne Bevort, Isabelle Breda -- Chapter IX: Learning with New Media at the University: From Representations to Utilization, Maria Apparecida Mamede-Neves, Flavia Nizia Da Fonseca Ribeiro -- Chapter X: Rethinking Cognition, Representations, and Processes in 3D Online Social Learning Environments, James G. Jones, Stephen C. Bronack -- Section III: Digital Literacy: Definition and Perspectives -- Chapter XI: Investigating Information in the Multiscreen Society: An Ecologic Perspective, Manuel Joaquim Silva Pinto -- Chapter XII: From Media Education to Digital Literacy: A Paradigm Change?, Pier Cesare Rivoltella -- Chapter XIII: Creative Remixing and Digital Learning: Developing an Online Media Literacy Tool for Girls, Renee Hobbs, Jonelle Rowe -- Section IV: Digital Literacy: Educational Outlines -- Chapter XIV: Educating in the Information Society, Kathleen Tyner -- Chapter XV: Digital Production and Media Education: What do Teachers Need to Know?, Andrew Burn -- Chapter XVI: Globalisation and New Technology: The Challenge for Teachers to Become "Translators" and Children, Knowledge Seekers, André H. Caron -- Chapter XVII: The Future of Digital Society and the New Values of Media, José Manuel Perez Tornero -- Chapter XVIII: Digital Literacy and Cultural Mediations to the Digital Divide, Monica Fantin, Gilka Girardello
Summary: "This book defines a conceptual framework for understanding social changes produced by digital media and creates a framework within which digital literacy acts as a tool to assist younger generations to interact critically with digital media and their culture, providing scholars, educators, researchers, and practitioners a technological and sociological approach to this cutting-edge topic from an educational perspective"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I: The Information Society: A Conceptual Framework -- Chapter I: Knowledge, Culture, and Society in the Information Age Pier Cesare Rivoltella -- Chapter II: Communicating in the Information Society: New Tools for New Practices Lorenzo Cantoni, Stefano Tardini -- Chapter III: Digital Media and Socialization Mario Morcellini -- Chapter IV: New Episthemologies in a Changing Media Environment, Giuseppe Ardrizzo -- Chapter V: Integrating Technology Literacy and Information Literacy, Jennifer Sharkey, D. Scott Brandt -- Section II: The Information Society: Educative Researches -- Chapter VI: Growing Up Wireless: Being a Parent and Being a Child in the Age of Mobile Communication, Letizia Caronia -- Chapter VII: Children and Computers: What They Know, What They Do, Paolo Maria Ferri, Susanna Mantovani -- Chapter VIII: Adolescents and the Internet: Media Appropriation and Perspectives on Education, Evelyne Bevort, Isabelle Breda -- Chapter IX: Learning with New Media at the University: From Representations to Utilization, Maria Apparecida Mamede-Neves, Flavia Nizia Da Fonseca Ribeiro -- Chapter X: Rethinking Cognition, Representations, and Processes in 3D Online Social Learning Environments, James G. Jones, Stephen C. Bronack -- Section III: Digital Literacy: Definition and Perspectives -- Chapter XI: Investigating Information in the Multiscreen Society: An Ecologic Perspective, Manuel Joaquim Silva Pinto -- Chapter XII: From Media Education to Digital Literacy: A Paradigm Change?, Pier Cesare Rivoltella -- Chapter XIII: Creative Remixing and Digital Learning: Developing an Online Media Literacy Tool for Girls, Renee Hobbs, Jonelle Rowe -- Section IV: Digital Literacy: Educational Outlines -- Chapter XIV: Educating in the Information Society, Kathleen Tyner -- Chapter XV: Digital Production and Media Education: What do Teachers Need to Know?, Andrew Burn -- Chapter XVI: Globalisation and New Technology: The Challenge for Teachers to Become "Translators" and Children, Knowledge Seekers, André H. Caron -- Chapter XVII: The Future of Digital Society and the New Values of Media, José Manuel Perez Tornero -- Chapter XVIII: Digital Literacy and Cultural Mediations to the Digital Divide, Monica Fantin, Gilka Girardello

"This book defines a conceptual framework for understanding social changes produced by digital media and creates a framework within which digital literacy acts as a tool to assist younger generations to interact critically with digital media and their culture, providing scholars, educators, researchers, and practitioners a technological and sociological approach to this cutting-edge topic from an educational perspective"--Provided by publisher.