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Role-Play in Digital Multimodal Composition of Newcomer Youth

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ID21729888
AuthorsAmir Michalovich (0000-0001-7226-3254, University of British Columbia, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume23
Issue1
Pages25-48
Publication date2021-02-22
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Australian Journal of Language and Literacy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1038-1562 • E-ISSN: 1839-4728
PublisherUniversity of Alberta Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.20360/langandlit29503
OpenAlexW3132605529
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited27

This case study explores how two 16-year-old newcomer youth in a Canadian secondary school navigated the digital multimodal composition process through role-play in their first digital video production at school. Employing a qualitative, case-study design, the study shows how the youth playfully accentuated collaborative over coercive power relations, as well as repositioned and represented their imagined identities as they played different assigned roles in the filmmaking process. The implications of these findings are discussed for educators and researchers considering digital multimodal composition as a classroom literacy practice

Art · Boss · Digital Literacy · Digital media · Filmmaking · Literacy · Literature · Pedagogy · Sociology · Visual arts · Computer Science · Digital Storytelling and Education · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Engineering · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology

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Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Highly citedNo

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