| VI | | Preface |
| XVI | | Acknowledgement |
| | Part I | The Information Society: A Conceptual Framework |
| 1 | Chapter I | Knowledge, Culture, and Society in the Information Age [ di Pier Cesare Rivoltella ] |
| 1 | | Abstract |
| 3 | | The Informational Society as a Social Construction |
| 6 | | Speed, Virtuality, Networking |
| 6 | | Speed |
| 8 | | Virtuality |
| 11 | | From Networking to Globalization |
| 16 | | Knowledge Society |
| 16 | | Towards a New Image of Knowledge |
| 19 | | Intelligence as Business Capital |
| 21 | | Conclusion and Future Trends: The Learning Economy |
| 24 | | References |
| 26 | Chapter II | Communicating in the Information Society: New Tools for New Practices [ di Lorenzo Cantoni ET Stefano Tardini ] |
| 45 | Chapter III | Digital Media and Socialization [ di Mario Morcellini ] |
| 67 | Chapter IV | New Episthemologies in a Changing Media Environment [ di Giuseppe Ardrizzo ] |
| 85 | Chapter V | Integrating Technology Literacy and Information Literacy [ di Jennifer Sharkey ET Scott D. Brandt ] |
| 98 | Part II | The Information Society: Educative Researchs |
| 99 | Chapter VI | Growing Up Wireless: being a Parent and Being a Child in the Age of Mobile Communication [ di Letizia Caronia ] |
| 126 | Chapter VII | Children and Computers: What They Know, What They Do [ di Paolo Maria Ferri ET Susanna Mantovani ] |
| 140 | Chapter VIII | Adolescents and the Internet: Media Appropriation and Perspectives on Education [ di Evelyne Bevort ET Isabelle Breda ] |
| 166 | Chapter IX | Learning with New Media at the University: From Representations to Utilization [ di Maria Apparecida Mamede-Neves ET Flavia Nizia Da Fonseca Ribeiro ] |
| 176 | Chapter X | Rethinking Cognition, Representations, and Processes in 3D Online Social Learning Environments [ di James G. Jones ET Stephen C. Bronack ] |
| 206 | Part III | Digital Literacy: Definition and Perspectives |
| 207 | Chapter XI | Investigating Information in the Multiscreen Society: An Ecologic Perspective [ di Manuel Joaquim Silva Pinto ] |
| 207 | Chapter XII | From Media Education to Digital Literacy: A PAradigm Change? [ di Pier Cesare Rivoltella ] |
| 217 | | Abstract |
| 220 | | Social Objects: Besides the DIstinction of Real and Virtual |
| 223 | | From Citizenship to Digital Citizenship: A New Idea of Public Space |
| 225 | | Conclusion and Future Trends: A CHange Media Education Paradigm |
| 228 | | References |
| 229 | | Endnotes |
| 230 | Chapter XIII | Creative Remixing and Digital Learning: developing an Online Media Literacy Tool for Girls [ di Renee Hobbs ET Jonelle Rowe ] |
| 241 | Part IV | Digital Litaracy: Educational Outlines |
| 242 | Chapter XIV | Educating in the Information Theory [ di Kathleen Tyner ] |
| 259 | Chapter XV | Digital Production and Media Education: What do Teachers Need to Know? [ di Andrew Burn ] |
| 277 | Chapter XVI | Globalisations and New Technology: The Challenge for Teachers to Become “Translators” and Children, Knowledge Seekers [ di André H. Caron ] |
| 292 | Chapter XVII | The Future of Digital Society and New Values of Media [ di José Manuel Perez Tornero ] |
| 310 | Chapter XVIII | Digital Literacy and Cultural Mediations to the Digital Divide [ di Monica Fantin ET Gilka Girardello ] |
| 341 | | About the Contributors |
| 347 | | Index |
| 350 | | _ |
