Community’, semiotic flows, and mediated contribution to activity

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ID11438237
AuthorsSteven L Thorne (0000-0002-6552-955X, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume42
Issue1
Pages81-94
Publication date2009-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Teaching (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-4448 • E-ISSN: 1475-3049
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0261444808005429
OpenAlexW2103701145
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited41

This article begins with an overview and problematization of the term community through a brief assessment of its history, diverse uses, core attributes, heterogeneous elements, and collocational companions. Following this, I describe demographics and processes associated with collective engagement in digitally mediated environments. Utilizing select alternatives to the term ‘community’ and incorporating the cultural-historical notions of mediation and activity , I then present research describing exogenous influences affecting educational uses of technology in L2 settings, the use of instant messaging and blogging for out-of-class FL interaction at the secondary school level, and a pedagogically focused example of a remixing text posted to an online fan fiction website. I conclude by proposing bridging activities as an approach for connecting the emergent logics of digital vernaculars with the analytics of formal schooling

Analytics · Bridging (networking · Class (philosophy · Data science · Epistemology · Linguistics · Mediation · Problematization · Semiotics · Social science · Sociology · Term (time · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Literacy, Media, and Education · Multilingual Education and Policy · Artificial Intelligence

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