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The Power of Films

It is no doubt that movies have played a profound part in our lives for shaping our perception of the world; they are constantly making us question the reality and our identity through the remanent of visions that they implant into our minds. Thus, multimodal texts such as films are indeed a sophisticated tool that …

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New Literacy Practices

Four interesting examples of new literacy practices found on the internet:  1. AFFINITY SPACE Wikipedia (2017) defines fanfiction (a.k.a fanfic) as "fiction about characters or settings from an original work of fiction, created by fans of that work rather than by its creator." Below is a fanfiction titled Titanic: A Life Journey, written by a …

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