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“Typing Back”: Social Media as Space For Critical Discourse
Author(s) -
Careless Erin Jennifer
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new horizons in adult education and human resource development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1939-4225
DOI - 10.1002/nha3.20111
Subject(s) - sociocultural evolution , ideology , sociology , social media , context (archaeology) , field (mathematics) , consumerism , space (punctuation) , world wide web , social environment , computer science , internet privacy , media studies , public relations , social science , political science , paleontology , mathematics , politics , anthropology , pure mathematics , law , biology , operating system
Social media applications such as Facebook and Twitter have become integrated into sociocultural practices for millions of people around the world, and are having an enduring impact on the field of adult education. As essentially free, virtually non‐hierarchical tools that facilitate user‐generated knowledge, these online spaces may be powerful applications for a talking – or “typing” – back to dominant ideology, and giving voice to counter discourses. These tools require careful consideration around issues such as technological know‐how, access, and consumerism which is inherent in these applications. This paper discusses social media as Web 2.0 tools, their connection to critical discourse and adult education, and the considerations of using these tools in an educational context.