Participatory Composition Video Culture, Writing, and Electracy |
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| Author:
| Arroyo, Sarah J. |
| Contribution by:
| Kimoto (Smethurst), Cortney |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8093-3146-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Electracy encompasses the cultural, institutional, pedagogical, and ideological implications inherent in the transition from a culture of print literacy to a culture saturated with electronic media. Gregory Ulmer coined the term and noted electracy is to digital media what literacy is to alphabetic writing: an apparatus, or social machine, partly technological, partly institutional. In Participatory Composition: Video Culture, Writing and Electracy, Sarah Johnson Arroyo argues for a...
More DescriptionElectracy encompasses the cultural, institutional, pedagogical, and ideological implications inherent in the transition from a culture of print literacy to a culture saturated with electronic media. Gregory Ulmer coined the term and noted electracy is to digital media what literacy is to alphabetic writing: an apparatus, or social machine, partly technological, partly institutional. In Participatory Composition: Video Culture, Writing and Electracy, Sarah Johnson Arroyo argues for a "participatory composition," inspired by the culture of online video sharing and framed through Ulmer's concept of electracy.