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Gail Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe with Brittney Moraski and Melissa Pearson. Becoming Literate in the Information Age: Cultural Ecologies and the Literacies of Technology.

Hawisher, Gail E., Cynthia L. Selfe, Brittney Moraski, and Melissa Pearson. "Becoming Literate in the Information Age: Cultural Ecologies and the Literacies of Technology." CCC. 55.4 (2004): 642-692.

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In this article, we discuss the literacy narratives of coauthors Melissa Pearson and Brittney Moraski, who came to computers almost a generation apart. Our goal is to demonstrate the importance of situating literacies of technology: and literacies more generally: within specific cultural, material, educational, and familial contexts that influence, and are influenced by, their acquisition and development.

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