The New Literacy: How Graphic Novels, the Web, and Video Games are Changing the Way We Process Information

Terry ThompsonGene YangFrancoise MoulyNext-gen readers are visually assaulted by all forms of media and for the publishing industry to keep up with this pace it requires delivering information that is all things at once: entertaining, informative, credible and visually appealing.

The panelists for this program represent publishing and educational programs that monitor the development of the newest version of literacy.

Moderator John Shableski, Sales Manager at Diamond Book Distributors, was joined by panelists Francoise Mouly, Publisher of Toon Books; Gene Yang, author of American Born Chinese; and Terry Thompson, a teacher,literacy coach, and author of Adventures in Graphica.

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