Multiliteracies : beyond text and the written word / edited by Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. [and others].

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: literacy for the 21st century -- Hypertext: an interactive literacy / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. and Amanda P. Goodwin -- Facebook and social networking sites: the multiliteracy of personal and professional network building / Amanda P. Goodwin -- Environmental print / Lisa Repaskey -- The city as text / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. -- Emoticons / William B. Deese -- Instant and text messaging / Maribel G. Harder -- Numbers / Wensen Lin -- Sign languages: communication in a silent world / Miriam Lipsky -- Tattoos: the power of ink / Jennifer Diptee -- The lectore: reading aloud as a collective literacy / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. -- Rap music: a socio-cultural revolution / Maribel G. Harder -- Corporate logos / William B. Deese -- AIDS quilt as a literacy / Lisa Repaskey -- Nautical and aeronautical literacies / Gabriel Quintana -- Scientific simulation / Kathryn LeRoy -- Streaming messages / William B. Deese -- Hmong story cloths / Lisa Repaskey -- The power of puppetry / Jennifer Diptee -- Death t-shirts / Yvonne D. Perry -- Roadside memorials / Yvonne Perry -- Graffiti / Lisa Repaskey -- Patriotic symbols / Gabriel Quintana -- Baby sign language / Yvonne Perry -- The human genome project as literacy / Kathryn LeRoy -- Fashion branding / Yvonne Perry -- Traffic signs / William B. Deese -- Measurement literacy / Sheree T. Sharpe -- The language of dance / Jennifer Diptee -- Interpreting body language: the original literacy / Amanda P. Goodwin -- Baseball signs: visual literacy at play / Miriam Lipsky -- Order of magnitude literacy / Sheree T. Sharpe -- Becoming literate in the language of dogs: a literacy that could save your life / Miriam Lipsky -- Etiquette: the literacy of success / Amanda P. Goodwin -- Ebonics as a literacy / /Sheree T. Sharpe -- Visual representation of mathematics / Gabriel Quintana -- Medical symbols, shorthand, and signage / Maribel G. Harder -- Sports literacy / Gabriel Quintana -- Interpersonal literacy through gestures / Maribel G. Harder -- Electronic books / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.

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