After 50 years, what are the implications of The Uses of Literacy for educational modernisation, in the light of subsequent changes from ‘read only’ literacy to ‘read-write’ uses of multimedia? This article argues that a broad extension of popular literacy via consumer-generated digital content offers not only emancipationist potential in line with Hoggart’s own project, but also economic benefits via the dynamics of creative innovation.
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