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Books by Korina Jocson

In an information age of youth social movements, Youth Media Matters examines how young people a... more In an information age of youth social movements, Youth Media Matters examines how young people are using new media technologies to tell stories about themselves and their social worlds. They do so through joint efforts in a range of educational settings and media environments, including high school classrooms, youth media organizations, and social media sites. Korina M. Jocson draws on various theories to show how educators can harness the power of youth media to provide new opportunities for meaningful learning and “do-it-together production.” Describing the impact that youth media can have on the broader culture, Jocson demonstrates how it supports expansive literacy practices and promotes civic engagement, particularly among historically marginalized youth.

Papers by Korina Jocson

Curriculum Inquiry, 2019

A poem written as part of Curriculum Inquiry's Special Issue in honor of Allan Luke and his work.

AbstractIn this paper, the author reflects on a year-long ethnography to point out contextual fac... more AbstractIn this paper, the author reflects on a year-long ethnography to point out contextual factors situated in career and technical education (CTE) and specifically how a CTE teacher and a university researcher shaped learning opportunities to support students’ interests in the arts, technology, and multimedia communications. The discussion arched by a metaphor of ripples and breaks suggests the value of seeing dynamic forms of mobility and learning ecologies within classrooms and other educational settings.

Many young people today are enacting rich literacies in their lives through the use of digital te... more Many young people today are enacting rich literacies in their lives through the use of digital technologies. While this may be so, there is a narrowing of literacy instruction under neoliberal reforms at a time of increasing informational and digital technologies. In this article, the author draws on an ethnographic study of high school multimedia communications that employed place-based approaches. The study suggests place-based media production as integral to teaching and learning in support of student's interests in the arts and technology. In conceptualizing place as relational, the study shows how place-based media production within a particular learning ecology supported critical inquiry in the service of place-making. Most salient were the ways in which students constructed relational experiences as racialized, gendered, and minoritized youth in order to enter, alter, and disrupt dominant discourses of educational and social issues affecting their lives. Implications for research and practice that point to the value of critical place inquiry as well as educative possibilities in neoliberal times are also discussed.

Ko r i n a M . J o c s o n Abstr act In this essay, the author echoes the importance of digital s... more Ko r i n a M . J o c s o n Abstr act In this essay, the author echoes the importance of digital storytelling as an opportunity for identity construction, art-making, and teaching and learning with technology. The author begins with the concept of assemblage as key to the creation of digital stories and offers an analysis of one students' digital story to illustrate pedagogical possibilities in the college classroom. The author suggests the use of producer's commentary as a method toward deeper understandings of do-it-yourself media production, layers of meaning within the digital story from the student's perspective, and various other elements behind the scenes that otherwise might not be captured through traditional methods. In the end, the use of producer's commentary in a New Media Literacies class was instructive to gain a better sense of how students themselves perceived and pulled together their digital stories to inform classroom practice.

AARE 2008 …, 2011

... Young people, research, and education: Intersection tensions. lisahunter, Dawkins, Zoe, Lee, ... more ... Young people, research, and education: Intersection tensions. lisahunter, Dawkins, Zoe, Lee, Jessica, Prosser, Brenton, Milroy, Philippa, Comber, Barbara, Nixon, Helen and Jocson, Korina (2008). Young people, research, and education: Intersection tensions. ...

In this article, the author illustrates the blurring lines of youth cultural production and parti... more In this article, the author illustrates the blurring lines of youth cultural production and participatory politics from the perspective of new media literacies. Drawing on design-based action research, the author discusses pedagogical considerations in the conceptualization of new media literacies in a semester-long course that culminated in inquiry-based social action projects created by university students in the urban Midwest. Noteworthy in the course was an emerging ethos developed through collaboration, participation, and distributed expertise leading to the production of video documentaries and interactive websites. New media literacies served as core cultural competencies and social skills in a new media landscape, but more importantly emerged as key practices toward youth cultural production and participatory politics. The latter offers insights into the centrality of pedagogy in the politics of knowledge production.

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Feb 2015

Growing efforts in the study of digital literacies push for continued (re)shaping of policy and p... more Growing efforts in the study of digital literacies push for continued (re)shaping of policy and pedagogical interventions. In this column, we take up concerns in participatory cultures to revisit a longstanding issue pertaining to language. Evident in the literature on digital literacies is an implicit treatment of language, particularly around whose languages are included. In our respective research, we are challenged by questions that seek to identify literacies and languages as repertoires of practice in youth's lives. We want to know, if youth are communicating and engaging each other across media platforms, what languages or linguistic forms are leveraged in their lives? In what ways are youth supported socially and educationally? We come together here to make language more explicit in the conversation.

Background: Literacy-rich environments (LREs) reflect characteristics such as abundance of materi... more Background: Literacy-rich environments (LREs) reflect characteristics such as abundance of materials, daily literacy routine, and layout conducive for reading and writing. Shifting from previous conceptualizations, LREs are not confined to schools but are ubiquitous in formal and informal educational settings; they include libraries, museums, bookstores, and community-based organizations. An ecological approach is important for understanding how literacy is embedded in social life and everyday practice, particularly in relation to literacy learning and development. It recognizes the multitude of practices in various communities and accounts for institutional and social structures that shape everyday practice.

An ethnographic study of youth creating media was conducted to examine new literacies at an urban... more An ethnographic study of youth creating media was conducted to examine new literacies at an urban high school in northern California. The school primarily served students from low-income, non-dominant racial and ethnic backgrounds. This article reports on a 9th-grade social studies multimedia project about migration and immigration -called "Coming to California" -that helped to build students' literacy skills, innovate core subject instruction and also, in part, shape the larger culture of a newly formed small school. Content analysis of videos offers insights into how modality, knowledge and convergence were integral in the multimedia production process. Implications for research and practice include paying careful attention to nuances in multimedia composition that support students' academic and literacy development.

This article explores youth making media across genre practices. The author begins with a discuss... more This article explores youth making media across genre practices. The author begins with a discussion of youth media arts, followed by a discussion of remix in the digital era. An exemplary video poem project from the San Francisco Bay Area is described to illustrate the importance of critical solidarity among youth. The multimodal design, production and distribution of 'Slip of the Tongue' suggest the potential of youth filmmaking to reach a worldwide audience through event screenings, film festivals, personal websites and social media sites. A close analysis of the video poem made by a 16year-old Chinese American high school student brings to light a variety of stylistic choices that render youth-made films not only a product of identity, but also a form of social critique and action. Finally, the author discusses practical implications of critical solidarity for educators and youth advocates around the globe.

This article builds upon more than 6 years of critical research in urban schools in northern Cali... more This article builds upon more than 6 years of critical research in urban schools in northern California to offer a particular perspective on teaching for social justice. Concerned with prevailing issues in adolescent literacy, this article examines instantiations of literacy instruction in the shadow of the late activist poet June Jordan and with the support of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker. It focuses on culturally responsive pedagogy to understand not only their work but also the work of teachers and other educators. Central to the discussion are two kinds of pedagogical innovations, one based on a school-community partnership and the other a district-wide sponsored writing contest. Implications for classroom practice and key lessons useful for teachers interested in similar work are also discussed.

In an information age of youth social movements, Youth Media Matters examines how young people a... more In an information age of youth social movements, Youth Media Matters examines how young people are using new media technologies to tell stories about themselves and their social worlds. They do so through joint efforts in a range of educational settings and media environments, including high school classrooms, youth media organizations, and social media sites. Korina M. Jocson draws on various theories to show how educators can harness the power of youth media to provide new opportunities for meaningful learning and “do-it-together production.” Describing the impact that youth media can have on the broader culture, Jocson demonstrates how it supports expansive literacy practices and promotes civic engagement, particularly among historically marginalized youth.

Curriculum Inquiry, 2019

A poem written as part of Curriculum Inquiry's Special Issue in honor of Allan Luke and his work.

AbstractIn this paper, the author reflects on a year-long ethnography to point out contextual fac... more AbstractIn this paper, the author reflects on a year-long ethnography to point out contextual factors situated in career and technical education (CTE) and specifically how a CTE teacher and a university researcher shaped learning opportunities to support students’ interests in the arts, technology, and multimedia communications. The discussion arched by a metaphor of ripples and breaks suggests the value of seeing dynamic forms of mobility and learning ecologies within classrooms and other educational settings.

Many young people today are enacting rich literacies in their lives through the use of digital te... more Many young people today are enacting rich literacies in their lives through the use of digital technologies. While this may be so, there is a narrowing of literacy instruction under neoliberal reforms at a time of increasing informational and digital technologies. In this article, the author draws on an ethnographic study of high school multimedia communications that employed place-based approaches. The study suggests place-based media production as integral to teaching and learning in support of student's interests in the arts and technology. In conceptualizing place as relational, the study shows how place-based media production within a particular learning ecology supported critical inquiry in the service of place-making. Most salient were the ways in which students constructed relational experiences as racialized, gendered, and minoritized youth in order to enter, alter, and disrupt dominant discourses of educational and social issues affecting their lives. Implications for research and practice that point to the value of critical place inquiry as well as educative possibilities in neoliberal times are also discussed.

Ko r i n a M . J o c s o n Abstr act In this essay, the author echoes the importance of digital s... more Ko r i n a M . J o c s o n Abstr act In this essay, the author echoes the importance of digital storytelling as an opportunity for identity construction, art-making, and teaching and learning with technology. The author begins with the concept of assemblage as key to the creation of digital stories and offers an analysis of one students' digital story to illustrate pedagogical possibilities in the college classroom. The author suggests the use of producer's commentary as a method toward deeper understandings of do-it-yourself media production, layers of meaning within the digital story from the student's perspective, and various other elements behind the scenes that otherwise might not be captured through traditional methods. In the end, the use of producer's commentary in a New Media Literacies class was instructive to gain a better sense of how students themselves perceived and pulled together their digital stories to inform classroom practice.

AARE 2008 …, 2011

... Young people, research, and education: Intersection tensions. lisahunter, Dawkins, Zoe, Lee, ... more ... Young people, research, and education: Intersection tensions. lisahunter, Dawkins, Zoe, Lee, Jessica, Prosser, Brenton, Milroy, Philippa, Comber, Barbara, Nixon, Helen and Jocson, Korina (2008). Young people, research, and education: Intersection tensions. ...

In this article, the author illustrates the blurring lines of youth cultural production and parti... more In this article, the author illustrates the blurring lines of youth cultural production and participatory politics from the perspective of new media literacies. Drawing on design-based action research, the author discusses pedagogical considerations in the conceptualization of new media literacies in a semester-long course that culminated in inquiry-based social action projects created by university students in the urban Midwest. Noteworthy in the course was an emerging ethos developed through collaboration, participation, and distributed expertise leading to the production of video documentaries and interactive websites. New media literacies served as core cultural competencies and social skills in a new media landscape, but more importantly emerged as key practices toward youth cultural production and participatory politics. The latter offers insights into the centrality of pedagogy in the politics of knowledge production.

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Feb 2015

Growing efforts in the study of digital literacies push for continued (re)shaping of policy and p... more Growing efforts in the study of digital literacies push for continued (re)shaping of policy and pedagogical interventions. In this column, we take up concerns in participatory cultures to revisit a longstanding issue pertaining to language. Evident in the literature on digital literacies is an implicit treatment of language, particularly around whose languages are included. In our respective research, we are challenged by questions that seek to identify literacies and languages as repertoires of practice in youth's lives. We want to know, if youth are communicating and engaging each other across media platforms, what languages or linguistic forms are leveraged in their lives? In what ways are youth supported socially and educationally? We come together here to make language more explicit in the conversation.

Background: Literacy-rich environments (LREs) reflect characteristics such as abundance of materi... more Background: Literacy-rich environments (LREs) reflect characteristics such as abundance of materials, daily literacy routine, and layout conducive for reading and writing. Shifting from previous conceptualizations, LREs are not confined to schools but are ubiquitous in formal and informal educational settings; they include libraries, museums, bookstores, and community-based organizations. An ecological approach is important for understanding how literacy is embedded in social life and everyday practice, particularly in relation to literacy learning and development. It recognizes the multitude of practices in various communities and accounts for institutional and social structures that shape everyday practice.

An ethnographic study of youth creating media was conducted to examine new literacies at an urban... more An ethnographic study of youth creating media was conducted to examine new literacies at an urban high school in northern California. The school primarily served students from low-income, non-dominant racial and ethnic backgrounds. This article reports on a 9th-grade social studies multimedia project about migration and immigration -called "Coming to California" -that helped to build students' literacy skills, innovate core subject instruction and also, in part, shape the larger culture of a newly formed small school. Content analysis of videos offers insights into how modality, knowledge and convergence were integral in the multimedia production process. Implications for research and practice include paying careful attention to nuances in multimedia composition that support students' academic and literacy development.

This article explores youth making media across genre practices. The author begins with a discuss... more This article explores youth making media across genre practices. The author begins with a discussion of youth media arts, followed by a discussion of remix in the digital era. An exemplary video poem project from the San Francisco Bay Area is described to illustrate the importance of critical solidarity among youth. The multimodal design, production and distribution of 'Slip of the Tongue' suggest the potential of youth filmmaking to reach a worldwide audience through event screenings, film festivals, personal websites and social media sites. A close analysis of the video poem made by a 16year-old Chinese American high school student brings to light a variety of stylistic choices that render youth-made films not only a product of identity, but also a form of social critique and action. Finally, the author discusses practical implications of critical solidarity for educators and youth advocates around the globe.

This article builds upon more than 6 years of critical research in urban schools in northern Cali... more This article builds upon more than 6 years of critical research in urban schools in northern California to offer a particular perspective on teaching for social justice. Concerned with prevailing issues in adolescent literacy, this article examines instantiations of literacy instruction in the shadow of the late activist poet June Jordan and with the support of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker. It focuses on culturally responsive pedagogy to understand not only their work but also the work of teachers and other educators. Central to the discussion are two kinds of pedagogical innovations, one based on a school-community partnership and the other a district-wide sponsored writing contest. Implications for classroom practice and key lessons useful for teachers interested in similar work are also discussed.