Multiple literacies and multimedia: A comparison of japanese and american uses of the internet

Global Literacies and the World Wide Web

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 133-154

  Sugimoto, Taku ^a   Levin, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 85071541053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203978863-16     Document Type: Chapter

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