Abstract
The notion of literacy evolved over time from being strictly focused on the realm of reading/writing skills, to embracing the comprehensive set of skills needed by individuals to learn, work, socially interact and cope with the needs of everyday life. Literacies are cultural constructs, closely tied to the technologies both affording and demanding their evolvement. In the "knowledge society", the widespread impact of advanced Information and Communication technologies (ICT) on the lives of individuals and societies, arouses the need to revise current perspectives on literacy and to identify and define new relevant literacies. In this chapter, seven such literacies will be defined and discussed, concerning multimodal information processing, navigating the infospace, interpersonal communication, visual-literacy, hyper-literacy (hyperacy), personal information management (PIM), and coping with complexity.
Access provided by Autonomous University of Puebla. Download to read the full chapter text
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2008 Springer Science + Business Media, LLC
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Mioduser, D., Nachmias, R., Forkosh-Baruch, A. (2008). New Literacies for the Knowledge Society. In: Voogt, J., Knezek, G. (eds) International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education. Springer International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education, vol 20. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73315-9_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73315-9_2
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-73314-2
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-73315-9
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawEducation (R0)