Across four nations: Comparing the discourses of adolescents' digital literacy

Dingxin Rao, Changhee Lee, Youssef Fdilat, Abdelmajid Bouziane, Mark Dressman

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Abstract

In this study, we investigated media reports and literacy research in four nations—China, Morocco, the Republic of (South) Korea, and the United States—about the relationship between adolescents' literacy and use of digital media, or digital literacy. We present short “snapshots” of adolescents' digital literacy in each country and then compare these to findings in a report about adolescent literacy and uses of digital media published by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Our analysis indicates significant variation across countries in both literate traditions and adolescents' access to digital media, and notes that these interact to create unique conditions for adolescents' digital literacy in each country, even as, across the four nations, adolescents' capacity to innovate and solve problems with digital access seems constant. In conclusion, we are cautious about making global claims about the state of adolescents' literacy worldwide but point to important findings about how the use of the internet in schools seems to have a positive impact on reading performance and offer some implications for classroom practice.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)94-104
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
Volume68
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2024

Keywords

  • instructional practices and methods
  • multilingual/bilingual contexts
  • reading

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education

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