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Text Messaging and Literacy - The Evidence (Paperback, New)
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Text Messaging and Literacy - The Evidence (Paperback, New)
Series: Routledge Psychology in Education
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"Well thought out and timely. This is the leading group in the
world working on texting and literacy, and they have a strong track
record of publications. It would also be the first book, as they
say, to deal with the subject at an academic level. The focus on
education is important, as this is where most of the anxieties lie.
It will be a major step forward in creating a new climate."
Professor David Crystal, author of The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of
Language and The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language,
Television consultant and presenter As children are given mobile
phones at increasingly younger ages, there is considerable media
coverage of claims that mobile phones, and text messaging in
particular, are responsible for declining levels of literacy in
children and young people. Such claims are often adopted wholesale
by teachers and parents, despite the fact that there is an
empirical literature which has failed to find a basis to these
claims, and to the contrary has found that text messaging is
supporting children's literacy skills. Written by leading
international researchers Text Messaging and Literacy presents an
overview and discussion of the academic evidence for and against
use of text messaging and mobile phones in supporting literate
activity and discusses what conclusions we can and should draw
about the impact of mobile phones, and their potential role in
education. Areas covered include: the rise of texting and media
reactions; children's reading, spelling and texting; text messaging
of children with language difficulties; using mobile phones for
literacy development; texting and literacy skills in adolescents
and adults; spelling and grammar in texting and beyond; the future
of texting. In challenging existing assumptions the authors present
the cutting edge of international research, highlighting their own
studies involving children of all ages, adolescents and adults.
This ground breaking book is essential reading for both researchers
and students in education, educational psychology, literacy and new
media and it's impact on learning.
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