July 14, 2006

More Than Words

By PETER MONAGHAN

The U. of Southern California trains students how to read — and communicate in — new media

Once, literacy meant knowing how to read and understand text. But these days, advocates of a broader definition of literacy say students must be able to interpret not only words, but also still and moving images, understanding how those images are constructed, how they create meaning, and how they can deceive.

Thanks to personal computing, this generation of

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