Page to Screen: Taking Literacy into the Electronic Era

by Ilana Snyder (editor)

Hypertext, e-mail, word electronic technologies have revolutionized textual practices. How does language on screen work differently from language on the page? What new literacy skills are needed and how do we teach them?
Page to Screen collects some of the best contemporary thinkers in the field of technology and literacy. They analyze the potential of the new forms of text, the increased emphasis on visual communication, new forms of rhetoric, learning in the age of global communication networks and new approaches to storytelling.
Page to Screen is compelling reading for anyone interested in Literacy Education, Language Studies, English, Library Studies, Multimedia and Communication Studies.
International contributors include Gunther Kress, Cynthia Selfe, Gail E. Hawisher and Colin Lankshear.

296 pages, Paperback

First published December 10, 1997

Reviews

[A.M. · Rating 2 out of 5]

An interesting book focusing on the differences between print and online text, particularly with regards to how the internet influences students and the classroom.
However, while the general sentiments expressed are of interest, it is very noticeable how dated this book is: references are made to Netscape, Yahoo, Altavista, and so on. Thus this book is more for those curious to understand how the internet was viewed, rather than how it is viewed today.