It is often seen that digital technology is just a way of representing familiar things through a digital form such as letter writing which has manifested as emails. However, according to Knobel and Lankshear (2006) new literacies "do not have to involve the use of digital- electronic apparatus such as computers or internet" instead they point out that new literacies are not in direct competition with conventional literacies (p. 80). Instead it is steering away from the "world of physical-industrial order (ie. bookspace)" into a world of "collaborative practice and hybrid experts" (p. 81-82).
Callow (2008) suggests that new literacies reflects the social and historical times and is heralded as changing the way teachers teach and students learn. In an educational context it is often linked to advances in technology.
References
Callow, J. (2008). New literacies, New York & Web 2.0: a little knowledge is a helpful thing! SCAN, 27(4), 13-16
Knobel, M., & Lankshear, C. (2006). Discussing New Literacies. Language Arts, 84(1), 78
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