Language and Learning in the Digital Age

In the context of moral panics surrounding social media, the internet and video games and concerns over how digital media are affecting the young and their ability to learn and communicate effectively, leading educationalist, James Paul Gee, puts forward his arguments for how digital media is transforming language, literacy and education and how essential it is to embrace these new forms of communication.

Author: James Paul Gee, Elisabeth R. Hayes
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/25/2011
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780415602778

About the Author

James Paul Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. He is a member of the National Academy of Education.

Elizabeth Hayes is Professor of Education at Arizona State University.