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Echoes of the Past: Is Literacy Always in Crisis?

John B.

Place the "post-literate" debate within the historical context of past anxieties over new media and literacy.

References: Pew Research Center, MIT Press Reader - Plato and the Perils of Writing, Harvard Library - The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, Routledge - Literacy in American Life: Excerpts from Deborah Brandt, UNESCO - What is digital literacy?

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