[Air-L] webinar Where languages collide: How multilingual literacies make social media real

[Fred Dervin]

Where languages collide: How multilingual literacies make social media real

14 June 2011, University of Luxembourg and broadcast live

Media and more specifically social media exist in and through multiple
languages - in keyboarding, texting, dubbing, subtitling, translating,
gaming and in many other ways of media interaction. Multilingualism is
key when participating in (social) media. Media literacy is build from
various languages and contexts of language use.

     * How do social media rely on multiple languages ?
     * Is there media literacy without multilingualism ?
     * How do users bridge languages and contents in multiuser contexts ?
     * How does media literacy construct language identities ?

An interactive debate with two leading researchers in the area of
multilingualism and media literacy will address recent findings and
discuss examples collected from the multilingual audience preparing and
attending the webinar.

Invited speakers

Claire Kramsch is Professor of German and Education at UC Berkeley

http://german.berkeley.edu/people/showprofile.php?id=7

Pilar Lacasa is Professor at University of Alcalá

http://uah-gipi.org/ingles/gipi.htm

The interactive debate is moderated by Gudrun Ziegler, Associate
Professor at the University of Luxembourg

http://multi-learn.uni.lu

Register now for free: webinar.luxembourg at gmail.com