Old Communication, New Literacies: Social Network Sites as Social Learning Resources

By Christine Greenhow, Beth Robelia. J. Comput. Mediat. Commun., 2009

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Subfields: Communication, Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Social media and education: reconceptualizing the boundaries of formal and informal learning (2016, background): “…may yield new forms of inquiry, communication, collaboration, identity work, or have positive cognitive, social, and emotional impacts (Gao, Luo and Zhang 2012; Greenhow, Burton and Robelia 2011; Greenhow and Robelia 2009a, 2009b; Pimmer, Linxen and Grohbiel 2012; Ranieri, Manca and Fini 2012).”
Social Networking in an Intensive English Program Classroom: A Language Socialization Perspective (2011, background): “For example, Harklau (2003) describes how immigrant students at an American high school positioned themselves, and were positioned, through representational practices of their school’s “cultures of knowledge:” a colorblind discourse, an American immigration mythos of Ellis Island, and a bilingualism”
Open Up the Ceiling on the Common Core State Standards: Preparing Students for 21st‐Century Literacy—Now (2012, background): “…more traditional generation to include the new digital genres among academic genres, because they see the use of new media outlets as inferior, deficient, and even detracting from students’ ability to use academic language (Greenhow & Robelia, 2009; Lankshear & Knobel, 2006; Warschauer, 2011).”
Environmental learning in online social networks: adopting environmentally responsible behaviors (2011, background): “Preliminary studies that suggest the educational and social potential of students' activities within SNSs have focused on identity work, technological fluency, literacy practices, and negotiation of norms within online communities (Greenhow and Robelia 2009a , 2009b ; Greenhow, Robelia, and Hughes”
The effect of social network sites on adolescents' social and academic development: Current theories and controversies (2011, background): “Greenhow and Robelia (2009) examine the SNS use of 11 low-income youth and find numerous social behaviors that provide a theoretical link to learning outcomes.”
Higher education scholars' participation and practices on Twitter (2012, background): “…essential social learning functions. . .[including] peer support from current and former classmates, and targeted help with school-related tasks’ (Greenhow & Robelia 2009, p. 1153), as well as to engage in identity work and formation, development of technological fluencies (such as video…”
There’s an App for that: The Uses and Gratifications of Online Social Networks for Gay Men (2012, background): “Topics as diverse as how SNSs facilitate emotional support and social learning for high school students (Greenhow and Robelia 2009) to how various online tools facilitate finding a romantic relationship (Gudelunas 2005; Hardey 2004) have also been part of the initial investigations into how online…”