57: Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants, by Phill Michael Alexander

Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants" by Phill Michael Alexander. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). 

Keywords: digital literacy, digital native, technoliteracy, tech savvy, prosumer

Phill Alexander is an assistant professor in the Games Program at Miami University and serves as the co-director of their varsity esports program. His most recent book, Esports for Dummies, is available now. His research deals with race, communication, collaboration and identity formation in digital spaces, particularly video games. More about Phill can be found at phillalexander.com. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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