"We don't Twitter, we Facebook": An alternative pedagogical space that enables critical practices in relation to writing

English Teaching

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-80

  Reid, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Access; Critical literacy; Design; Diversity; Facebook; Power; Social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959257658     PISSN: 11758708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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