Jess Laccetti Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University

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Social Media What is it?

What is it?

“ technology-based forms of communication that enable individuals to publish their own material and distribute it among a broad network of peers. It includes blogs, podcasts, wikis, RSS feeds ” etc... (definition source Mindspring ) Social Media:

“ technology-based forms of communication that enable individuals to publish their own material and distribute it among a broad network of peers. It includes blogs, podcasts, wikis, RSS feeds ” etc...

(definition source Mindspring )

Audience Survey Using Social Media: Do you send txt msgs? Do you blog or comment on blogs? Do you listen to podcasts? Do you have a Facebook or MySpace profile? Have you sent images to a site? Watched a YouTube video?

Using Social Media:

Do you send txt msgs?

Do you blog or comment on blogs?

Do you listen to podcasts?

Do you have a Facebook or MySpace profile?

Have you sent images to a site?

Watched a YouTube video?

Students’ Use of Social Media U.K. 9-19 years olds Send txt msgs – 80% Send/Receive e-mails – 71% IM– 55% Social Networking– 63.5%*, 65.9%** Upload images to a site – 37% Watch online videos – 73% Statistics are of U.K. 9-19 year olds who use the internet daily. UK Children Go Online Report , 2006. *13-17 years, **18-24, source: Metrics 2.0

U.K. 9-19 years olds

Send txt msgs – 80%

Send/Receive e-mails – 71%

IM– 55%

Social Networking– 63.5%*, 65.9%**

Upload images to a site – 37%

Watch online videos – 73%

Statistics are of U.K. 9-19 year olds who use the internet daily. UK Children Go Online Report , 2006.

*13-17 years, **18-24, source: Metrics 2.0

Teen Social Media Tag Cloud E-mail Blogging chat Podcasting meeting friends Personalisation community advice tips Hang-Out Instant Messaging search trust listen create Based on data from the UK Children Go Online Report.

E-mail Blogging chat

Podcasting meeting friends

Personalisation community advice

tips Hang-Out

Instant Messaging

search trust listen create

Based on data from the UK Children Go Online Report.

Literacy Definition “ the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write .” Source: Dictionary.com

“ the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write .”

Transliteracy “ ability to read , write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.” Source: Thomas, "Production and Research in Transliteracy."

“ ability to read , write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.”

Critically Literate We need to teach students how to read words, images, sounds, video, interaction simultaneously

We need to

teach students how to

read

words, images, sounds, video, interaction simultaneously

Transliteracy in Action

Transliteracy in Action Rheingold says: “ participatory media shifts the focus of literacy training from individual expression onto community involvement…The new literacies are almost all social skills which have to do with collaboration and networking. ”

Rheingold says:

“ participatory media shifts the focus of literacy training from individual expression onto community involvement…The new literacies are almost all social skills which have to do with collaboration and networking. ”

Transliteracy + Facebook Ability to “create” and assemble identity

Transliteracy + Facebook Ordered by date = narrative sequence (story development)

Transliteracy + Facebook Modes, methods and access to stories are changing : now we get stories via links and feeds (stories are constant). storytelling changing but how we access stories. We get stories via links and feeds – what friends send to us and what our rss readers pick up

Transliteracy + Facebook Facebook emphasises the importance of creating content over consuming it. Profiles enable students to create , communicate , and piece together their (and other) “ identities. ”

Facebook emphasises the importance of creating content over consuming it.

Profiles enable students to create , communicate , and piece together their (and other) “ identities. ”

But… Tech Savvy Digitally Literate

Tech Savvy

Digitally Literate

Transliteracy Consumption Creation Interpretation

A General Idea Video by Prof. Michael Wesch, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

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