By examining the contemporary changes in the mechanisms and practices of representation and communication, the paper focuses on the copy-and-paste affordance fostered by mobile technologies and digital technologies at large. Its widespread use is affecting radically (1) the acceptability standards of (in)coherent patterns of text production, and (2) the criteria defining successful communication, to which coherent cooperation to a mutual understanding is sometimes less relevant than the transformation and reinterpretation of texts according to the sign-maker’s interests in participating to multiple communicative networks. In this light, by pinpointing the abilities more or less required and developed in the use of mobile technologies, the paper hypothesizes some possible paths for teaching in such a changed semiotic landscape.
Mobile media, mobile texts: Assessing the abilities needed to communicate and represent in the contemporary media landscape
ADAMI, Elisabetta
2010-01-01
Abstract
By examining the contemporary changes in the mechanisms and practices of representation and communication, the paper focuses on the copy-and-paste affordance fostered by mobile technologies and digital technologies at large. Its widespread use is affecting radically (1) the acceptability standards of (in)coherent patterns of text production, and (2) the criteria defining successful communication, to which coherent cooperation to a mutual understanding is sometimes less relevant than the transformation and reinterpretation of texts according to the sign-maker’s interests in participating to multiple communicative networks. In this light, by pinpointing the abilities more or less required and developed in the use of mobile technologies, the paper hypothesizes some possible paths for teaching in such a changed semiotic landscape.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
