Examining Scientific Literacy through New Media

Unpacking New Media Literacy

The 21 century has marked an unprecedented advancement of new media. New media has become so pervasive that it has penetrated into every aspect of our society. New media literacy plays an essential role for any citizen to participate fully in the 21 century society. Researchers have documented that literacy has evolved historically from classic literacy (reading-writingunderstanding) to audiovi...

Media Literacy and new HuManisM

New literacy, new audiences: social media and cultural institutions

This paper reports on a major Australian research project which examines whether the evolution in digital content creation and social media can create a new audience of active cultural participants. The project draws together experts from major Australian museums, libraries and screen centres to examine the evolution in digital contentcreation and social media. It explores whether organizations...

Perspectives on Media Literacy, Digital Literacy and Information Literacy

The cultural landscape poses different challenges for teachers. Beyond developing reading and writing skills, it is necessary to emerge in the digital culture and master the different codes of different languages. In this context, media education studies discuss the educational possibilities of interpreting, problematizing, and producing different kinds of texts in critical and creative ways, t...

Knowing Practice : A More Complex View of New Media Literacy

-In this paper, I examine the pervasive quest for invisible computers, applications, and interfaces in order to make a case for resisting the pressure to standardize platforms for delivering on-line courses and other Web-based applications. We need to be especially wary of the argument that the ideal information resource or technology imposes no cognitive load on its users. Although usability e...