Vernacular Creativity, Cultural Participation and New Media Literacy: Photography and the Flickr Network
(2006) Vernacular Creativity, Cultural Participation and New Media Literacy: Photography and the Flickr Network. In Proceedings Internet Research 7.0: Internet Convergences (AoIR), Brisbane.
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Abstract
Livingstone (2004) proposes that most discussions of new media literacy are characterised by historically unresolved tensions between 'critical' or 'enlightenment' views of literacy - polarised philosophical positions that see literacy as a normative and exclusionary construction on the one hand (the 'critical' view); or as an aid to progress and equality that we should aim to extend to all people on the other (the 'enlightenment' view). In this paper, I begin from a position that critically evaluates and balances these two available approaches. Drawing on cultural and media studies perspectives and methodological concerns, the paper historicises and analyses the emerging patterns of cultural competencies and cultural value that work to construct new media literacy for cultural participation in the Flickr photosharing network.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Status: | Unpublished |
| Subjects: | 420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies > 420307 Consumption and Everyday Life 400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media > 400104 Communication and Media Studies 410000 The Arts > 410200 Visual Arts and Crafts > 410203 Photography 420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies > 420304 Screen and Media Culture |
| ID Code: | 7828 |
| Deposited By: | Burgess, Jean |
| Deposited On: | 24 May 2007 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://conferences.aoir.org/viewabstract.php?id=618&cf=5 |