Computer-mediated communication for linguistics and literacy
Subtitle: technology and natural language education
By: by Adams B. Bodomo.
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hershey PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781605668680; 9781605668697
Subjects: Telematics; Education -- Computer network resources
Description: "This book investigates the way humans communicate through the medium of information technology gadgets, focusing on the linguistic, literacy and educational aspects of computer-mediated communication"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: 1. Definitions and Basic Conceptual Notions; title: 2. Is Technology Changing the Way we Communicate?; title: 3. Digital Literacy: Reading in the Age of ICT; title: 4: TeLCU: A Model for Technology-conditioned Language and Literacy Change; title: 5. Insights from MSN Corpus; title: 6. Insights from Mobile Phone Communication; title: 7. The Grammar of Mobile Phone Language; title: 8. New Forms of Reading and Writing in the Age of IT: Cellphone Novels; title: 9. New languages, New Literacies and the School Curriculum; title: 10. Educational Technologies (WebCT): Creating Constructivist and Interactive Learning Communities; title: 11. Evaluating Learning Technologies; title: 12. Computer-Mediated Communication: Emerging Media and Themes.