For the Family: One Teen’s Self-Selected Digital Literacy Practices
As technology becomes a basic necessity in the lives of American families, populations who in the past have not had access to technology, will begin to engage with it as part of their daily functions. Consequently, the way that these families, and especially the children take hold of digital literac...
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author | Maria Del Rosario Barillas Laurie MacGillivray |
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description | As technology becomes a basic necessity in the lives of American families, populations who in the past have not had access to technology, will begin to engage with it as part of their daily functions. Consequently, the way that these families, and especially the children take hold of digital literacies, will depend on their cultural ways of knowing and their economic needs (Browning- Aiken, 2004; De La Peña & Orellana, 2007). In contrast to studies that document the limited access to technology in minority populations because of economic pressures (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2004; Kupperman & Fishman, 2002), this paper focuses on one Mexicano teen’s active participation with technology outside of school. It shows how economic need in the family served as the driving force for the purchase and use of the computer. |
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spelling | doaj.art-ba230e5c94484208a0a0879f05a2223a2022-12-21T23:26:30ZengLanguage and Literacy Researchers of CanadaLanguage and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal1496-09742011-01-0110210.20360/G2RG6D9779For the Family: One Teen’s Self-Selected Digital Literacy PracticesMaria Del Rosario Barillas0Laurie MacGillivray1Pacific Oaks CollegeUniversity of MemphisAs technology becomes a basic necessity in the lives of American families, populations who in the past have not had access to technology, will begin to engage with it as part of their daily functions. Consequently, the way that these families, and especially the children take hold of digital literacies, will depend on their cultural ways of knowing and their economic needs (Browning- Aiken, 2004; De La Peña & Orellana, 2007). In contrast to studies that document the limited access to technology in minority populations because of economic pressures (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2004; Kupperman & Fishman, 2002), this paper focuses on one Mexicano teen’s active participation with technology outside of school. It shows how economic need in the family served as the driving force for the purchase and use of the computer.https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/9779digital literacy practicesminority populationsmexicano teenageertechnologyeconomic pressures |
spellingShingle | Maria Del Rosario Barillas Laurie MacGillivray For the Family: One Teen’s Self-Selected Digital Literacy Practices Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal digital literacy practices minority populations mexicano teenageer technology economic pressures |
title | For the Family: One Teen’s Self-Selected Digital Literacy Practices |
title_full | For the Family: One Teen’s Self-Selected Digital Literacy Practices |
title_fullStr | For the Family: One Teen’s Self-Selected Digital Literacy Practices |
title_full_unstemmed | For the Family: One Teen’s Self-Selected Digital Literacy Practices |
title_short | For the Family: One Teen’s Self-Selected Digital Literacy Practices |
title_sort | for the family one teen s self selected digital literacy practices |
topic | digital literacy practices minority populations mexicano teenageer technology economic pressures |
url | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/9779 |
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