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Direct linkLewis, Cynthia; Fabos, Bettina – Reading Research Quarterly, 2005
This study examined the functions of Instant Messaging (IM) among seven youths who regularly used this digital technology in their daily lives. Grounded in theories of literacy as a social and semiotic practice, this research asked what functions IM served in participants' lives and how their social identities shaped and were shaped by this form…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Social Networks, Young Adults, Computer Mediated Communication
Peer reviewedLewis, Cynthia; Fabos, Bettina – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2000
Reports on research on computer-mediated communication among adolescent females in the United States Midwest, examining the purposes served by a particular kind of Internet communication (Instant Messaging) in the life of one girl and her best friend. Points to the need for new pedagogies that both incorporate and offer critical frames for new…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Computer Mediated Communication, Critical Thinking, Educational Research
