Chasing Literacy: Reading and Writing in an Age of Acceleration

Keller, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0874219329 / ISBN 13: 9780874219326

Published by Utah State University Press, 2014

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Synopsis:

Arguing that composition should renew its interest in reading pedagogy and research, Chasing Literacy offers writing instructors and literacy scholars a framework for understanding and responding to the challenges posed by the proliferation of interactive and multimodal communication technologies in the twenty-first century.

Employing case-study research of student reading practices, Keller explores reading-writing connections in new media contexts. He identifies a culture of acceleration-a gathering of social, educational, economic, and technological forces that reinforce the values of speed, efficiency, and change-and challenges educators to balance new "faster" literacies with traditional "slower" literacies. In addition, Keller details four significant features of contemporary literacy that emerged from his research: accumulation and curricular choices; literacy perceptions; speeds of rhetoric; and speeds of reading.

Chasing Literacy outlines a new reading pedagogy that will help students gain versatile, dexterous approaches to both reading and writing and makes a significant contribution to this emerging area of interest in composition theory and practice.

About the Author: Daniel Keller is assistant professor of English at the Ohio State University at Newark, where he teaches composition, digital media, and literacy studies.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Chasing Literacy: Reading and Writing in an ...
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good