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ERIC Number: EJ621256
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
Film and Video Bridge Popular and Classroom Cultures.
Nixon, Helen; Comber, Barbara
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v44 n5 p480-87 Feb 2001
Reflects on the value of supplementing the reading of print fiction with the viewing of film and video in the English curriculum. Discusses intertextuality, media convergence, and multiliteracies. Notes use of the film "The Matrix" to bridge popular and classroom cultures. Explores the use of popular cultural texts in the contemporary climate of convergence and new technologies. (SG)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, English Curriculum, Fiction, Films, Popular Culture, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education, Technological Advancement
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Intertextuality