{"product_id":"9781041169291","title":"Literacy Mediation Social Networks and Reading Equity in a Textually Dense World","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Research in Literacy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLiteracy Mediation\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSocial Networks and Reading Equity in a Textually Dense World\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSally Thompson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Adult \u0026amp; Continuing Education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book examines how people rely on social networks to manage day-to-day life in modern textually dense and technologically complex environments, focusing on the work of literacy mediators —people who help other people to read and write texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on ethnographic fieldwork in a small rural Australian town, the author paints a portrait of literacy mediators as they engage in everyday relationships with neighbours, colleagues and service users. It suggests that literacy mediation has much in common with other forms of unpaid or poorly paid feminised care labour. It hides in plain sight because of the inability of dominant neoliberal education perspectives to value informal, affective and relationally led pedagogies. This book takes a sociocultural approach to literacy, suggesting that literacy is not a singular cognitive or psychological process, as standardised tests and curriculum would suggest, but rather a shared practice that emerges from, and is shaped by, the everyday demands of life and work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA major contribution to existing accounts of adult literacy, this book will be of interest to doctoral students, researchers and scholars involved in the fields of literacy studies, critical language studies and welfare studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSally Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is a Lecturer in Education at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781041169291\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e174\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63582756634764,"sku":"9781041169291","price":210.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781041169291","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}