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Brown, Cheryl
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-10-28T14:10:18Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-10-28T14:10:18Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2012 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Brown, C. 2012. University students as digital migrants. Language and Literacy. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1496-0974 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8876
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dc.description |
This is a copy of the published version of an article published by the University of Alberta Libraries in Language and Literacy, 14(2): 41-61. Available on: http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/langandlit/article/view/18003/14221. |
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dc.description.abstract |
South African university students are on the frontline of a global world. Whether they are attending university in the rural Eastern Cape or urban Johannesburg, the social practice of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has enabled virtual global mobility. The internet has opened up an opportunity for them to easily cross beyond the borders of South Africa and become part of an experience in another part of the world while the cellphone has facilitated this mobility anytime any place. This paper focuses on the students who are migrants into this digital world through analysis of their technology discourses and the role this has in how they engage with and within this digital environment. Using Gee's notion of big 'D' and little 'd' D(d)iscourses (1996), I have examined the meanings held by students in relation to technology. This analysis of language provides insights into students' educational and social identities and the position of globalisation and the information society in both facilitating and constraining their participation and future opportunities. |
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dc.language.iso |
eng |
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dc.publisher |
University of Alberta |
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dc.rights |
Attribution 3.0 Unported |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
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dc.source |
Language and Literacy |
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dc.source.uri |
http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/langandlit/article/view/18003/14221
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dc.title |
University students as digital migrants |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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uct.type.publication |
Research |
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uct.type.resource |
Article
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dc.publisher.institution |
University of Cape Town |
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dc.publisher.faculty |
Centre for Higher Education Development |
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dc.publisher.department |
Dean's Office: CHED |
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Text |
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Image |
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dc.identifier.apacitation |
Brown, C. (2012). University students as digital migrants. <i>Language and Literacy</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8876 |
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dc.identifier.chicagocitation |
Brown, Cheryl "University students as digital migrants." <i>Language and Literacy</i> (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8876 |
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitation |
Brown C. University students as digital migrants. Language and Literacy. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8876. |
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dc.identifier.ris |
TY - Journal Article
AU - Brown, Cheryl
AB - South African university students are on the frontline of a global world. Whether they are attending university in the rural Eastern Cape or urban Johannesburg, the social practice of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has enabled virtual global mobility. The internet has opened up an opportunity for them to easily cross beyond the borders of South Africa and become part of an experience in another part of the world while the cellphone has facilitated this mobility anytime any place. This paper focuses on the students who are migrants into this digital world through analysis of their technology discourses and the role this has in how they engage with and within this digital environment. Using Gee's notion of big 'D' and little 'd' D(d)iscourses (1996), I have examined the meanings held by students in relation to technology. This analysis of language provides insights into students' educational and social identities and the position of globalisation and the information society in both facilitating and constraining their participation and future opportunities.
DA - 2012
DB - OpenUCT
DP - University of Cape Town
J1 - Language and Literacy
LK - https://open.uct.ac.za
PB - University of Cape Town
PY - 2012
SM - 1496-0974
T1 - University students as digital migrants
TI - University students as digital migrants
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8876
ER -
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