New Literacies versus new literacies, what is the difference you ask? No, it isn’t as simple as a capitalization mistake. Lowercase new literacies are ways to read specific technologies such as text messaging or social media outlets. New Literacies takes place over many lowercase platforms and looks for commonalities between them (Leu, et al 2014). Lowercase new literacies are ever changing. As soon as we learn them, more are appearing. Facebook is an example of a new literacy, and just look at the history of the website. Facebook has grown from one posting on a friend’s wall and not being able to comment back and forth to the massive social media outlet it is today. Friends can post videos, comment to one another, have group messages, and do many other activities on the website. Users must adapt to the changes and learn how to use the site. Twitter is another example of an evolving new literacy. When the app first came out, users could post a short 140 character message. No
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