Special themed issue: Beyond ‘new’ literacies <http://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/> *edited by Dana J. Wilber*** ** Digital Culture & Education is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. Contents The language of Webkinz: Early childhood literacy in an online virtual world * * <http://goog_1816053344/> *Rebecca W. Black * ** Classroom uses of social network sites: Traditional practices or new literacies? *Maryam Moayeri** * ** <http://goog_1816053348/> Talking past each other: Academic and media framing of literacy *Katherine Oganeyova* ** <http://goog_1816053348/> Education remix: New media, literacies, and the emerging digital geographies *Lalitha Vasudevan* ** <http://goog_1816053348/> Digital Technologies and performative pedagogies: Repositioning the visual *Kathryn Grushka & Debra Donnelly* ** <http://goog_1816053344/>Improvable objects and attached dialogue: New literacy practices employed by learners to build knowledge together in asynchronous settings *Rebecca Ferguson, Karen Littleton & Denise Whitlock*