So far, we've examined a multiplicity of definitions of literacy. Graff's historical survey reflects literacy as an individual's ability to read and write and a way to homogenize populations. Some of the authors we have examined really view literacy as an individual's entrance into a specific field of discourse as Haas demonstrates and Gee discusses. These authors show literacy as dependent on context. Cope and Kalantzis as well as Wysocki and Johnson-Eilola really define literacy in a more broad and (and sometimes technology-centered) vision where multiple literacies exist, evolve, and are really dependent on the user.
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