New Literacies, New Practices : Media Literacy and Web 2.0 Applications

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New Literacies, New Practices Media Literacy
and Web 2.0 Applications

• Dr Julia Davies
• University of Sheffield

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New literacies, new practices

• This presentation is based on the premise that
  literacy is changing in a new media world (Kress,
  2003 Lankshear and Knobel, 2006).

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Cult of the Amateur

• Useless and corrupt user generated content
• Self promotion - narcissism
• Bloggery . an enormous threat
• (Andrew Keen BBC Radio 4. 25.6.07.)

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• Kids are going on the internet and are believing
  everything they read we are creating an
  increasingly media illiterate culture in order
  to understand the internet you need to be
  literate before you get to the screen.
• (Andrew Keen BBC Radio 4. 25.6.07.)

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What is Web 2.0?
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(Angermeier, 2005)
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(Knobel and Lankshear, 2007)
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Useful tools for developing media literacy

• Blogs
• Wikis
• Podcasts
• RSS Feeds (Really Simple Syndication)

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How can Web 2.0 develop media literacy?

• Products and services enable manipulation of and
  reflection on data.
• Collaboration and participation are key factors
  can encourage group critical reflection.
• Fosters agency and creativity of individuals
  e.g. citizen journalists.
• Easy and free access to web-based software.

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Citizen journalism

• is the act of citizens playing an active role
  in the process of collecting, reporting,
  analyzing and disseminating information
• (Bowman and Willis,
  2005)

Peoplerazzi http//www.nowpublic.com/
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Wikis and citizen journalism
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Sheffield Flickr.com 25.6.07
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London bombings 7/7

• London bombings 7/7

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Key question for pupils

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of
  citizen journalism?

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News and blogs
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News and blogs

• Many news blogs maintained by citizen
  journalists e.g. blog kept by Iraqi civilian
  Salam Pax, who was eventually invited to write a
  column for the Guardian on the Iraqi invasion
• Many newspapers now have blogs in addition to
  printed newspapers and online news

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http//hometownbaghdad.com/
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Folksonomic tags
Links
Blog archives, categorised by content
Comments facility
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Identity of commenter and date comment sent stated
Readers can report on offensive comments
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Guardian news blog

• Guardian news blog

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Guardian news

• Guardian news

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Key question for pupils

• What do a news blog and newspaper website do that
  a printed newspaper doesnt, and vice-versa?

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Syndication and news
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Google News

• Google News

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Frustrated Cities

• http//www.frustratedcities.com

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Vote for your favourite news story!

• Digg

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News and podcasting
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EvocaEvoca
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Monteneys Egyptian NewsMonteneys Egyptian News
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http//radiowaves.co.uk/
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Radiowaves

• Radiowaves

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News and online publishing systems
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Making the News

• Making the News

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Conclusion

• Web 2.0 products and services have great
  potential for work on the media.
• Pupils can create blogs, wikis and webpages for
  relaying news as well as exploring the way in
  which news is created and reported across Web 2.0
  platforms.
• Web 2.0 is changing the nature of journalism and
  the newspaper industry contemporary pupils can
  be at the forefront of tracing these changes and
  their implications.
• New literacy practices are needed for new times
  educators need to take risks and explore
  potential.

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New Literacies, New Practices Media Literacy
and Web 2.0 Applications

• Dr Julia Davies, University of Sheffield