Digital Literacy: 
               Tools and Methodologies for 
                     Information Society
                           Pier Cesare Rivoltella
                    Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
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                          Rivoltella, P. C. (Pier Cesare)
                            Digital literacy : tools and methodologies for information society / by Pier Cesare Rivoltella.
                                 p. cm.
                            Summary: “This book defines a conceptual framework for understanding social changes produced by digital 
                          media and creates a framework within which digital literacy acts as a tool to assist younger generations to inter-
                          act critically with digital media and their culture, providing scholars, educators, researchers, and practitioners a 
                          technological and sociological approach to this cutting-edge topic from an educational perspective”--Provided 
                          by publisher.
                            ISBN-13: 978-1-59904-798-0 (hardcover)
                            ISBN-13: 978-1-59904-800-0 (e-book)
                           1.  Information society. 2.  Digital media--Social aspects.  I. Title. 
                            HM851.R58 2008
                            303.48’33--dc22
                                                                                      2007047722
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                  Digital Literacy:
              Tools and Methodologies for
                   Information Society
                Table of Contents
         Preface ...........................................................................................................................vi
         Acknowledgement ......................................................................................................xvi
                          Part I
                The Information Society: A Conceptual Framework 
         Chapter I
         Knowledge, Culture, and Society in the Information Age.........................................1
         	 Pier	Cesare	Rivoltella,	UCSC—Milan,	Italy
         Chapter II
         Communicating in the Information Society: New Tools for New Practices ..........26
         	 Lorenzo	Cantoni,	Università	della	Svizzera	Italiana	(USI),	Switzerland
         	 Stefano	Tardini,	Università	della	Svizzera	Italiana	(USI),	Switzerland
         Chapter III
         Digital Media and Socialization .................................................................................45
         	 Mario	Morcellini,	Università	di	Roma	“La	Sapienza”,	Italy
         Chapter IV
         New Episthemologies in a Changing Media Environment ......................................67
         	 Giuseppe	Ardrizzo,	Università	della	Calabria,	Italy