Sixty international academics and researchers contribute to a resource for scholars, graduate students, policy makers, and school administrators. Forty-three research reviews, including ten commentaries to five selected studies, examine how the Internet and other digital technologies profoundly redefine what it means to be literate. Coverage includes the range of methodologies in new literacies research; best uses of digital technologies to acquire knowledge; current research in new communication contexts such as blogs, instant messaging, and other social networking tools; research in new everyday literacy spaces--online and offline worlds of gaming, anime, manga, and fan fiction--and the challenges associated with issues of popular culture, identity, citizenship, and online collaborative community projects; and new literacy research in classroom instructional practices and assessments. Also included are five reprinted articles with expert commentaries by leaders in new literacies research. Lawrence Erlbaum is an imprint of Taylor & Francis. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)