Amelia Johns - Digital Literacy Reconsidered
4 February 2020To be 'digitally literate' is supposedly a good thing - but what does it actually mean? In this session, we will be investigating digital literacy:- What does it mean for us as both citizens and information professionals?- How do we handle disinformation as well as information?- What else does it mean beyond technical skills?Amelia Johns is a Senior Lecturer in Digital and Social Media at University of Technology Sydney. Her work spans the fields of digital media and digital citizenship studies, with a focus on young people’s negotiation of racism and citizenship in digitally networked publics