Critical Digital Literacies

Abstract This chapter highlights how critical digital literacies (CDL) involve an examination of how power operates in digitally mediated spaces. It emphasizes that digital tools are never neutral, as platform designs and algorithms often index the interests of specific institutions and individuals. Recognizing how ideologies are embedded in the designs of these tools and the norms and conventions of their use, CDL encourages users to challenge the reproduction of inequalities and modes of exclusion online by critically interpreting and assembling linguistic and semiotic resources. By addressing these issues, CDL contributes to the construction of more equitable and inclusive online spaces.