| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 193 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-183) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Locating Reading in Composition Studies; 2. Perceptions of Literacy; 3. Reading in a Culture of Acceleration; 4. Directing Attention: Multitasking, Foraging, Oscillating; 5. Reading-Writing Connections; Conclusion; Appendix; References; About the Author; Index. |
| Summary |
Arguing that composition should renew its interest in reading pedagogy and research, Chasing Literacy offers writing instructors and literacy scholars a framework for understanding and responding to the challenges posed by the proliferation of interactive and multimodal communication technologies in the twenty-first century. Employing case-study research of student reading practices, Keller explores reading-writing connections in new media contexts. He identifies a culture of acceleration-a gathering of social, educational, economic, and technological forces that reinforce the va. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Reading.
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Reading. |
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Information technology.
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Information technology. |
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Literacy.
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Literacy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Keller, Daniel, 1977- Chasing literacy : reading and writing in an age of acceleration. Boulder, Colorado : Utah State University Press, ©2013 viii, 193 pages 9780874219326 |
| ISBN |
9780874219333 (e-book) |
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0874219337 (e-book) |
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9780874219326 |
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