Race and racism in digital media : What can critical race theory contribute to research on techno-cultures?
Book chapter
Mills, Kathy A. and Godley, Amanda. (2018). Race and racism in digital media : What can critical race theory contribute to research on techno-cultures? In In Mills, Kathy A., Stornaiuolo, Amy, Smith, Anna and Zaher Pandya, Jessica (Ed.). Handbook of writing, literacies, and education in digital cultures pp. 111-122 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315465258-12
Authors | Mills, Kathy A. and Godley, Amanda |
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Editors | Mills, Kathy A., Stornaiuolo, Amy, Smith, Anna and Zaher Pandya, Jessica |
Abstract | This chapter examines the contemporary contributions of critical race theory (CRT) for interpreting representations of race and racism in multimodal and digital literacy research and practice. It argues that the digital communications environment has enabled the extension of ideologies located in Western culture, and that the new affordances of digital media need to be evaluated critically with attention to equity and colonization. The chapter examines current techno-cultures and their associated discourses, practices, and identities through the lens of three tenets of CRT: Whiteness as property, colorblind racism, and counter-stories. At the same time, LatCrit strongly emphasizes intersectionality as it seeks to acknowledge differences among Latinos' experiences and to address the intersections of racism, sexism, classism, and other forms of oppression. The chapter applies CRT principles to demonstrate the potentials of CRT to formally engage in research of techno-cultures. It demonstrates how the key principles of CRT have untapped potentials for examining race in digital cultures. |
Keywords | racism; critical race theory (CRT); digial texts; digital media; multimodal texts; literacy |
Page range | 111-122 |
Year | 2018 |
Book title | Handbook of writing, literacies, and education in digital cultures |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of publication | New York, NY |
London, United Kingdom | |
ISBN | 9781138206304 |
9781138206335 | |
9781315465258 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315465258-12 |
Web address (URL) | http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acu/detail.action?docID=4947535 |
Funder | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Related Output | |
Is part of | Handbook of writing, literacies, and education in digital cultures |
Is supplement to | Developing the multimodal language of emotions of low SES primary students |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 05 Sep 2017 |
2017 | |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | ARC/DE140100047 |
ARC/LP150100030 |
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