Examining Digital Literacy Practices on Social Network Sites

Autor/in	Buck, Amber
Titel	Examining Digital Literacy Practices on Social Network Sites
Quelle	In: Research in the Teaching of English, 47 (2012) 1, S.9-38 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-527X
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Social Networks; Internet; Web Sites; Undergraduate Students; Quality of Life; Interpersonal Relationship; Academic Discourse; Individual Characteristics; Interpersonal Communication; Computer Mediated Communication; Literacy; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Identification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Web-Design; Lebensqualität; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Discourse; Diskurs; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Computerkonferenz; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Identifikation; Identifizierung
Abstract	Young adults represent the most avid users of social network sites, and they are also the most concerned with their online identity management, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. These practices represent important literate activity today, as individuals who are writing online learn to negotiate interfaces, user agreements, and personal data, as well as rhetorical situations. Examining the social, technological, and structural factors that influence digital literacy practices in online environments is crucial to understanding the impact of these sites on writing practices. Applying Brooke's concept of an "ecology of practice" to writing in digital environments, this article examines the digital literacy practices of one undergraduate student through his self-presentation strategies. In considering the roles that social network sites play in individuals' literacy and identity practices, writing researchers and educators can better understand the literacy practices that students engage in outside of the classroom and the experiences they bring to their academic writing. (Contains 6 notes and 9 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10