Introduction: the emerging field of digital literacies in early childhood

Abstract

[Excerpt] We live in a social world in which communication and everyday literacy practices have been transformed by the digital turn (Mills 2010). From birth, many young children's lives are immersed in their families' everyday use of multiple media (audio, video, print and screenbased resources) and even very young children are experiencing the 21 St-century phenomenon of digital communication, entertainment and gaming.[...]