Txting: the end of civilization (again)?

@article{citeulike:1401712, abstract = {This paper begins with the author's recent participation in an Australian radio interview on the topic of SMS txting. It takes this as an entry point for an analysis and discussion of the discourses around txting to be found in a series of newspaper articles and taken up in the radio interview. Moving on from the initial analysis, the paper addresses some of the underlying tensions that come into play as new technologies and new literacies are taken up by young people and move with them into classrooms with existing institutional traditions around text and literacy.}, author = {Carrington, Victoria }, citeulike-article-id = {1401712}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057640500146799}, journal = {Cambridge Journal of Education}, keywords = {digital\_literacy, media\_literacy}, number = {2}, pages = {161--175}, posted-at = {2007-06-20 23:37:16}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Txting: the end of civilization (again)?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057640500146799}, volume = {35}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1401712 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1401712 TI - Txting: the end of civilization (again)? JF - Cambridge Journal of Education VL - 35 IS - 2 SP - 161 EP - 175 PB - Routledge N2 - This paper begins with the author's recent participation in an Australian radio interview on the topic of SMS txting. It takes this as an entry point for an analysis and discussion of the discourses around txting to be found in a series of newspaper articles and taken up in the radio interview. Moving on from the initial analysis, the paper addresses some of the underlying tensions that come into play as new technologies and new literacies are taken up by young people and move with them into classrooms with existing institutional traditions around text and literacy. KW - digital_literacy KW - media_literacy AU - Carrington, Victoria PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057640500146799 ER -