Literacy in the New Media Age (Paperback)

In this 'New Media Age' the screen has replaced the book as the dominant medium of communication. This dramatic change has made image, rather than writing, the centre of communication.
In this groundbreaking new book, Gunther Kress considers the effects of a revolution that has radically altered the relation between writing and the book. Taking into account social, economic, communicational and technological factors, Kress explores how these changes will affect the future of literacy.
Kress considers the likely larger-level social and cultural effects of that future, arguing that the effects of the move to the screen as the dominant medium of communication will produce far-reaching shifts in relations of power - and not just in the sphere of communication. The democratic potentials and effects of the new information and communication technologies will, Kress contends, have the widest imaginable consequences.
Literacy in the New Media Age is essential reading for anyone with an interest in literacy and its wider political and cultural implications.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Literacies
Release date:	2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Gunther Kress
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-25356-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Literacy Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
LSN:	0-415-25356-X
Barcode:	9780415253567

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