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ERIC Number: EJ527798
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0267-1905
Literacy Online.
Tuman, Myron C.
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, v16 p26-45 1996
Maintains that a shift in the practice of literacy such as is suggested by the term, "literacy online," has epochal significance. The death of one world and its replacement by something else signals a change in civilization. Online literacy is likely to entail a radical reworking of all the most basic terms and practices of our print-based society. (77 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Agents, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Copyrights, Higher Education, Hypermedia, Internet, Literacy, Online Systems, Social Change, Technological Advancement, Technological Literacy, World Wide Web, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue: Technology and Language.