Journal of Literacy and Technology Special Edition 
Through the Portal of Art and Culture: Media Literacy as the Art of Communication

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Introduction to the Special Issue

Edition Editors: April Leach, Ph.D. & Ian O’Byrne, Ph.D

Shattering the Crystal Goblet:  Seeking a Pedagogy of Visuality in Post-Typographic Expository Texts

David Reinking
University of Georgia
dreinkin@gmail.com

Art as a Critical Response to Social Issues

Peggy Albers
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30303
Malbers2@gsu.edu

Vivian M. Vasquez
American University
Washington, DC
clippodcast@gmail.com

Jerome C. Harste
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
jerry.harste@gmail.com

Hilary Janks
University of Witswaterand
Johannesburg, South Africa
hilary.janks@gmail.com

Film, Dreams, and MMORPGs: Cultural Leakage and Digital Gaming Literacy in Inception

Taylor Katz
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
thkatz@uwm.edu

J. D. Wallace
Abilene Christian University
jd.wallace@acu.edu

Emergently Digital in Grade Two: Another case of “3.6 Minutes Per Day?”

Kathleen A. Paciga, PhD
Columbia College Chicago
kpaciga@colum.edu

Reading, Writing, Cheetahs, Oh My!: Literacy, Collaborative Learning, and Making Movies

Melanie Reaves
Montana State University Billings
melanie.reaves@msubillings.edu

George Kamberelis
Western Colorado University
gkamberelis@western.edu

Unboxed: Expression as Inquiry in Media Literacy Education

Theresa A. Redmond
Appalachian State University
redmondta@appstate.edu

Three Things You Should Know About My Hijab: The Art of Youth Media Activism on YouTube

Diane Watt
University of Ottawa                                                                  
dwatt@uottawa.ca

Kayf Abdulqadir, Hodan Hujaleh & Fartousa Siyad
YouTubers & Youth Media Activists
specsandveil613@gmail.com