Angela A Thomas

Recent Publications

Books

Thomas, A. (2007). Youth Online: Identity and Literacy in the Digital Age. New York, Peter Lang.

Unsworth, L., Thomas, A., Simpson, A, and Asha, J. (2005). Children’s Literature and computer-based teaching, Open University Press, UK.

Book Chapters

Thomas, A. (2008). Machinima: Composing 3D Multimedia Narratives. In: Unsworth, L. [Ed]. New Literacies and the English Curriculum: Multimodal Perspectives. London, Continuum.

Thomas, A. (2008). Culture, Community and Citizenship in Cyberspace. In: Lankshear, C., Knobel, M., Leu, D. and Cairo, J. (Eds.), The Handbook of New Literacies Research. Erlbaum.

Thomas, A. (2007). Blurring and Breaking through the Boundaries of Narrative, Literacy and Identity in Adolescent FanFiction. In: Knobel, M. and Lankshear, C. (Eds.), New Literacies Sampler. New York, Peter Lang.

Thomas, A. (2006). Fictional Blogging. In: Bruns, A. and Jacobs, J. (Eds.), Uses of Blogs. New York: Peter Lang

Refereed Journal Articles

Thomas, A. (2006). Fan Fiction Online: Engagement, Critical Response and Affective Play through Writing. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. Vol. 29, No. 3. pp: 226-239.

Thomas, A. (2006). “MSN was the next big thing after beanie babies”: Children’s virtual experiences as an interface to their everyday lives. For: E-Learning. Vol. 3, No. 2. pp: 126 142

Thomas, A. (2005). Children Online: Learning in a virtual community of practice. For: E-Learning, Vol 2, No. 1. pp: 27-38.

Thomas, A. (2004). Digital Literacies of the Cybergirl For: E-Learning, Vol 1, No. 3. pp: 358-382.

Unsworth, L., Thomas, A., and Bush, R. (2004). The Role of images and image-text relations in group ‘basic skills tests’ of literacy for children in the primary school years. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. Vol. 27, No. 1, pp.46-65.

Thomas, A. (2001). The Cyber Child. disClosure – a journal of social theory Childhood, 10th anniversary issue, pp. 143 – 175, Committee on Social Theory at the University of Kentucky, University of Kentucky Publishing Services.

Thomas, A. (2000). Textual Constructions of Children’s Online Identity. CyberPsychology and Behavior, Special issue: ‘Case Studies in Cyberspace’, Volume 3, Number 4, pp. 665-672. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., New York.

Conference Papers

Refereed Conference Proceedings:

Thomas, A. (2007). Pleasure, Play, Participation and Promise: Socio-emotional dimensions of digital culture which are transforming the shape of new media literacies. For: New Media Consortium Summer Conference Proceedings.

Thomas, A. (2005). Positioning the Reader: The affordances of digital fiction. For: Reading the Past, Writing the Future. Brisbane, Queensland Council for Adult Literacy Inc. pp.24-33

Thomas, A. (2005). Blog Fiction and the Narrative Identities of Adolescent Girls. For: Blogtalk Downunder Conference. Sydney, 2005.

Papers and Presentations:

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Media:

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Editorial Review Board Member:

2007 – present: Australian Journal of Language and Literacy