Digital Literacies: Concepts, Policies, and Pracies is a volume edited by Colin Lankshear and Michel Knobel. This is definitely a seminal book for anyone interested in exploring the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of digital literacy. The volume features a compendium of articles written by internationally reputed authors in the field of digital literacy. Here is the full list of these articles :
- Introduction: Digital Literacies – Concepts, Policies and Practices- Colin Lankshear/Michele Knobel
- Origins and Concepts of Digital Literacy – David Bawden
- Functional Internet Literacy: Required Cognitive Skills with Implications for Instruction- Genevieve Marie Johnson
- Digital Literacy as Information Savvy: The Road to Information Literacy –Maggie Fieldhouse/David Nicholas
- Defining Digital Literacy: What Do Young People Need to Know About Digital Media?- David Buckingham
- Digital Literacy Policies in the EU – Inclusive Partnership as the Final Stage of Governmentality?- Leena Rantala/Juha Suoranta
- Digital Competence – From Education Policy to Pedagogy: The Norwegian Context- Morten Søby:
- Digital Literacy and the «Digital Society»- Allan Martin
- Trajectories of Remixing: Digital Literacies, Media Production, and Schooling- Ola Erstad
- Crossing Boundaries: Digital Literacy in Enterprises- Lilia Efimova/Jonathan Grudin
- The Digital Literacies of Online Shoppers- Julia Davies: Pay and Display
- Digital Literacy and Participation in Online Social Networking Spaces- Michele Knobel/Colin Lankshear
- Digital Literacy and the Law: Remixing Elements of Lawrence Lessig’s Ideal of «Free Culture»- Colin Lankshear/Michele Knobel
Digital literacy is a broad field of research and some of the established scholars who have prolifically contributed to its development include: Colin Lankshear, Michele Knobel, Howard Rheingold, James Paul Gee, Brain Street, Michele Packansky, to mention a few.