ABSTRACT
The rise of New Literacy Studies and the shift from studying reading and writing as a technical process to examining situated literacies—what people do with literacy in particular social situations—has focused attention toward understanding the connections between reading and writing practices and the broader social goals and cultural practices these literacy practices help to shape. This collection brings together situated research studies of literacy across a range of specific contexts, covering everyday, educational, and workplace domains. Its contribution is to provide, through an empirical framework, a larger cumulative understanding of literacy across diverse contexts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |88 pages
Literacies in Private Lives
chapter |15 pages
Researching Social Media Literacies as Emergent Practice
chapter |15 pages
Reconfiguring the “Patient” Identity
chapter |17 pages
Physically Present and Digitally Active
part |58 pages
Literacies in Public (Academic) Lives
chapter |13 pages
Academic Consequences of Performing for Friends in English Language Arts Classrooms
chapter |13 pages
Emotionally Exhausting
part |82 pages
Literacies in Working Lives