54001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Digital Literacy, Richard Hoggart, Centrelink
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Use of digital literacy: people who they communicate with, what they value, what/who they give power to, what/(cid:449)ho they do(cid:374)"t (cid:448)alue/co(cid:374)sider. Is it just about communicating anything: co(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)icati(cid:374)g a(cid:374)ythi(cid:374)g does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) you"re literate- meaningful , ownership and choice etc. "use of literacy and meaningful expression of suppression: hoggart: cultural study/media theorist, birmingham school, wrote about uses of literacy and the people of literacy, banning sentiment or value, how they want to communicate- he asked why the. Interested because it was banned- representation of people establishment would do this: hartley references dramatisation, explanation of importance- arguing for the uses of literacy, why the people are important. "vicious indugence in sex and sensuality" vs virtuous. Video: = differences in literacy, defence of book: are the words the actual problem, or is it the people who use the words that are the problem- fight over representation of people. If that"s (cid:449)hat they thi(cid:374)k is i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t, (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s.
