Shimmering Literacies: Popular Culture and Reading and Writing Online

ISBN-13: 9781433103339 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers Publication date: 06/22/2009 Series: New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies , #35 Edition description: 2nd ed. Pages: 221 Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d) This book examines the powerful role of popular culture in the daily online literacy practices of young people. Whether as subject matter, discourse, or through rhetorical patterns, popular culture dominates both the form and the content of online reading and writing. In order to understand not only how but why online technologies have changed literacy and popular culture practices, this book looks at online participatory popular culture from MySpace and Facebook pages to fan forums to fan fiction. Interviews and observations reveal the skills and practices students develop, as they sit multitasking at their computers, across popular culture genres and electronic media. For educators, the book provides significant insights into pop