Personal Glossary

Personal Glossary

            There were several words in the readings of A New Literacies Sampler edited by Michele Knobel and Colin Lankshear that were new or unfamiliar to me.  Some I had heard before but was unsure of the meaning, and other words had left me completely boggled!  These are a few of these new words.

adage – this expression describes an experience that someone has in common (p.17)

affinity spaces – where people interact and relate to each other around a common passion, proclivity, or endeavor (p.117)

autoethnographic approach – an insider view at blogging as a new and popular screen-based literacy practice (p.167)

blogs – essentially online journals which regularly updated often with fairly brief postings (Merchant 2006) (p.168)

discourse – socially recognized ways of using language; communication of thought by words; talk; conversation (p.3)

emote – an expression of emotion; action; gesture (p.127)

fan fiction -  spaces where school- age fans are using new ICTs to engage, not only with pop culture and media, but also with a broad array of literate activities that are aligned with many school-based literacy practices (p.115)

fecundity – refers to the rate at which an idea or pattern is copied and spread.  The more quickly a meme spreads the more likely it is to capture attention and be replicated and distributed.  (p.202)

fidelity - refers to qualities of the meme that enable it to be readily copied and passed from mind to mind relatively intact (p.201)

hybridity – the combination of various forms of interactions; for example combining cultures, traditions, media, genre, narrative storylines, etc. (p.118)

intransigent – completely unwilling to change; very stubborn (p.26)

memes – are contagious patterns of cultural information that get passed from mind to mind and directly generate and shape the mindsets and significant forms of behavior and actions of a social group. Examples:  popular tunes, jingles, catch phrases, clothing fashions, architectural styles, icons, etc. (p.199)

monochronic - treating time as linear and tangible, and divisible (p.27)

monospatiality – refers to being by yourself and creating your own personal thoughts, ideas, and opinions  (p.37)

pedagogized – The art or science of teaching; including: education, activities, strategies, and instructional methods (p.25)

polychronic - seeing time as more fluid, layered, and simultaneous (p.27)

sociocultural perspective - reading and writing can only be understood in the contexts of social, cultural, political, economic, historical practices to which they are integral, of which they are a part. (p.1)

synchronous – occurring at the same time; simultaneous (p.41)

tertiary – pertaining to the third person, or order, rank or formation of text in this instance (p.70)

ubiquitous – widespread-being everywhere at the same time (p.15)

Reference

 

Knobel, M. and Lankshear, C. (eds) (2007). A New Literacies Sampler. New York: Peter Lang.