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/ 28 January 2011
Yoza Cellphone Stories are doing much to foster a culture of reading among young adults, writes
<b>Steve Vosloo</b>.
In a digital age, the wonderful world of books is accessible to many more people, writes <b>Steve Vosloo</B>.
Yoza is encouraging young people to enjoy reading by publishing stories they can access on their cellphones.
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/ 27 October 2009
On 30 September 2009, the world’s first mobile novel — or m-novel — published in both English and isiXhosa was launched. <em>Kontax</em>, a teen mystery story, was created for the Shuttleworth Foundation’s m4Lit project, which I lead. Standing for "mobiles for literacy" the project aims to explore whether teens are interested in reading stories on their cellphones, whether and how they write using their cellphones, and whether cellphones might be used to develop literacy skills and a love of reading.
When you consider the increasingly digital lives of young people — called "generation text" – you realise how important it is to explore the effect of cellphone texting on learner literacy.