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Digital Media and Cosmopolitan Critical Literacy: Research and Practice

Digital Media and Cosmopolitan Critical Literacy: Research and Practice

Thomas W. Bean
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781466683105|ISBN10: 1466683104|EISBN13: 9781466683112
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8310-5.ch003
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Bean, Thomas W. "Digital Media and Cosmopolitan Critical Literacy: Research and Practice." Handbook of Research on the Societal Impact of Digital Media, edited by Barbara Guzzetti and Mellinee Lesley, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 46-68. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8310-5.ch003

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Bean, T. W. (2016). Digital Media and Cosmopolitan Critical Literacy: Research and Practice. In B. Guzzetti & M. Lesley (Eds.), Handbook of Research on the Societal Impact of Digital Media (pp. 46-68). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8310-5.ch003

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Bean, Thomas W. "Digital Media and Cosmopolitan Critical Literacy: Research and Practice." In Handbook of Research on the Societal Impact of Digital Media, edited by Barbara Guzzetti and Mellinee Lesley, 46-68. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8310-5.ch003

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Abstract

In this chapter I consider contemporary global conditions pointing to what some scholars term “a global risk society” where digital media and Cosmopolitan Critical Literacy offer a counterpoint to human rights, health, climate, and terrorist threats. By examining current research in global youth communication across nation-state boundaries via the Internet, existing research suggests that tapping into digital media literacy and critical media literacy will be crucial for developing an informed and critical citizenry. At present, studies of transnational youth navigating old and new affiliations across national borders are in their infancy. Nevertheless, the existing research holds promise for developing global world citizens who can realize an ethos of cosmopolitan, critical citizenship through the affordances of digital media.

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