Critical Literacy in a Digital Era: Technology, Rhetoric, and the Public Interest

by Barbara Warnick

Book Overview

Critical Literacy in a Digital Era offers an examination of the persuasive approaches used in discussions on and about the Internet. Its aim is to increase awareness of what is assumed, unquestioned, and naturalized in our media experience. Using a critical literacy framework for her analysis, author Barbara Warnick argues that new media technologies become accepted not only through their use, but also through the rhetorical use of discourse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805841164
• ISBN13: 9780805841169
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"