Young people's engagement with digital literacies in marginal contexts in a globalised world

Language and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-179

  Snyder, Ilana ^a   Prinsloo, Mastin ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Digital technologies; Global; Literacy practices; Local

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250891325     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le745.0     Document Type: Article

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