The Myth of Digital Literacy

Is technology destroying our ability to write or reviving it? The new age of digital communication.

Guests: Alice Robison, Nichole Pinkard, Mark Federman

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[anmoweb]

Ilitterate is to not be able to read and write properly according to the rules of real languange. What people find it for good to write else like yu for you and so on is some kind of being ilitterate. It is not accurat language.

[TheLordHodne]

lol of curse digital world does not affect my writing

Kidding.

[Jojo3000s]

@ 35:35 a lot is ...?

[katekessler]

We need indices for videos with time stamps in place of page numbers! Great discussion. Thank you.

[NefariusPorpoise]

They are, most importantly, bridging factors in literacy between the first moments of reading and the analysis of more 'grown up' texts that the skools would love to push on them, leading eventually to a real appreciation of literature. Digital media, however, does not appear to present this opportunity for kids to learn by strutting about their own progress, since in digital media it is about being ahead of the popularity game and being on top of the most recent digital fads.

[NefariusPorpoise]

re: Graphic novels brought up as contributing factor to recent INCREASE in literacy levels among 18-24 year olds (02-08). What no one talks about is the kid-centric view that leads to literary development. Kiddies don't want to jump to being adults and reading Dostoevsky, because both of these are super lame to kids. What they are almost immeasurably proud of, however, is surpassing their previous level (often expressed by pointing the finger and sneering at those still at the lower level).

[thespacialone]

I think I share what I suspect to be the host's slightly guarded skepticism' / cautious optimism about the issues discussed, but a very interesting debate nevertheless. The central tenet of language and its use perhaps becoming better related to its context seems sensible. Top marks all round. As Horace said, it is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure, so I'll leave it to slightly less than the very generous 500 characters permitted by youtube.

[MarmaladeINFP]

Watch some videos of Chomsky talking about media literacy. He has great insight about mainstream media and concision.