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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462785803321

Autore

Rowsell Jennifer

Titolo

Working with Multimodality [[electronic resource] ] : Rethinking Literacy in a Digital Age

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

ISBN

0-203-07195-6

1-135-09767-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

302.2244

401.4

401/.4

Soggetti

Mass media in education

Modality (Linguistics)

Technological literacy

Languages & Literatures

Philology & Linguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Working with Multimodality Rethinking Literacy in a Digital Age; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Film; Tobias Wiegand; Robin Benger; Rebecca Birch; 2 Sound; David Murphy; Paul Chivers; 3 Visual; Ben Hodson; Bani Mendy; Lee Edward Födi; 4 Interface; Lisa Murphy; Adrian Thiessen and Kristen Nater; Joe Deklic; 5 Videogames; David Elton; Kevin Kee; 6 Space; Anthony Robins; David Parker; Ana Lakoseljak; 7 Movement; Karen Kain; Glenys McQueen-Fuentes; Derek Metz; 8 Word; Gary Bonilla; Grant LaFleche; Kari-Lynn Winters; Gail Bowen; 9 Textile

Trish EwanikaMichelle Vanderheyden; Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In today's digital world, we have multiple modes of meaning-making: sounds, images, hypertexts. Yet, within literacy education, even 'new' literacies, we know relatively little about how to work with and produce modally complex texts.    In Working with Multimodality, Jennifer



Rowsell focuses on eight modes: words, images, sounds, movement, animation, hypertext, design and modal learning. Throughout the book each mode is illustrated by cases studies based on the author's interviews with thirty people, who have extensive experience working with a mode in their field. From a