new literacies, new practices : media literacy and web 2.0 applications dr jackie marsh, ukla...

New Literacies, New Practices : Media Literacy and Web 2.0

Applications

Dr Jackie Marsh, UKLA

University of Sheffield

New literacies, new practices• This presentation is based on the premise that

literacy is changing in a new media world (Kress, 2003; Lankshear and Knobel).

• We need to develop new educational practices that relate to children and young people’s out-of-school practices if the literacy curriculum is to be relevant and meaningful (Marsh and Millard, 2005).

• This presentation will focus on the use of web-based tools to develop media literacy, specifically the analysis and production of news.

What is Web 2.0?

Web 1.0 Web 2.0 DoubleClick --> Google AdSense

Ofoto --> Flickr Akamai --> BitTorrent

mp3.com --> Napster Britannica Online --> Wikipedia personal websites --> blogging

evite --> upcoming.org and EVDB domain name speculation --> search engine optimization

page views --> cost per click screen scraping --> web services

publishing --> participation content management systems --> wikis

directories (taxonomy) --> tagging ("folksonomy") stickiness --> syndication

(O’Neill, 2005)

(Angermeier, 2005)

Some of the most useful products and services for educators interested

in media literacy

• Blogger• Wikis• Podcasting• Syndication

How can Web 2.0 develop media literacy?

• Products and services enable manipulation of and reflection on data.

• Collaboration and participation are key factors – can encourage group critical reflection.

• Fosters agency and creativity of individuals e.g. citizen journalists.

Citizen journalism

……is the act of citizens ‘playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating information’

(Bowman and Willis, 2005)

‘Peoplerazzi’ http://www.nowpublic.com/

Wikis and citizen journalism

London bombings 7/7

Key question for pupils

What are the advantages and disadvantages of ‘citizen

journalism’?

News and blogs

• Many ‘news’ blogs maintained by ‘citizen journalists’ e.g. blog kept by Iraqi civilian Salam Pax, who was eventually invited to write a column for the Guardian on the Iraqi invasion

• Many newspapers now have blogs in addition to printed newspapers and online news

Folksonomic tags

Links

Blog archives, categorised by content

Comments facility

Readers can report on offensive comments

Identity of commenter and date comment sent stated

Key question for pupils

What does a news blog do that a newspaper doesn’t, and

vice-versa?

Syndication and news

http://www.frustratedcities.com

News and podcasting

http://mgsonline.blogs.com/geoblog/podcasts/index.html geoBlog: Podcasts

Evoca

http://radiowaves.co.uk/

Radiowaves

News and online publishing systems

Making the News

Monteney Primary: Making the News

Conclusion• Web 2.0 products and services have great potential

for work on the media.• Pupils can create blogs, wikis and webpages

relaying news as well as exploring the way in which news is created and reported across Web 2.0 platforms.

• Web 2.0 is changing the nature of journalism and the newspaper industry – contemporary pupils can be at the forefront of tracing these changes and their implications.

• New literacy practices are needed for new times – educators need to take risks and explore potential.