Richard KernCambridge University Press, 5/28/2015EAN 9781107036482, ISBN10: 1107036488Hardcover, 304 pages, 23.4 x 15.7 x 2 cmLanguage: EnglishFrom the origins of writing to today's computer-mediated communication, material technologies shape how we read and write, how we construe and share knowledge, and ultimately how we understand ourselves in relation to the world. However, communication technologies are themselves designed in particular social and cultural contexts and their use is adapted in creative ways by individuals. In this book, Richard Kern explores how technology matters to language and the ways in which we use it. Kern reveals how material, social and individual resources interact in the design of textual meaning, and how that interaction plays out across contexts of communication, different situations of technological mediation, and different moments in time. Showing how people have adapted visual forms to various media as well as to social needs, this study culminates in five fundamental principles to guide language and literacy education in a period of rapid technological and social change.IntroductionPart I. Designing Meaning1. Communication by design2. Material resourcesthe medium matters3. Social ecologies4. The individual and designPart II. Interactions of the Material, the Social, and the Individual5. Ancient writing in Mesopotamia6. Paper and print7. Writing redesignedelectronically mediated discourse8. Multimodal discoursePart III. Educational Implications9. Principles and goals in language and literacy education10. Toward a relational pedagogy.
