Social Contexts of New Media 

Literacy: Mapping Libraries 
Elizabeth  

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ABSTRACT 

This paper examines the issue of universal library access by conducting a geospatial analysis of 

library location and certain socioeconomic factors in the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. 

Framed around the issue of universal access to Internet, computers, and technology (ICT) for digital 

natives, this paper demonstrates patterns of library location related to race and income. This 

research then raises important questions about library location, and, in turn, how this impacts access 

to ICT for young people in the community. 

OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSE 

The development and diffusion of new media and digital technologies has profoundly affected the 
literacy experiences of today’s youth.1 Young people today develop literacy through a variety of 
new media and digital technologies.2 The dissemination of these resources has also allowed for 
youth to have literacy-rich experiences in an array of different settings. Ernest Morrell, literacy 
researcher, writes, 

As English educators, we have a major responsibility to help future English teachers to redefine 
literacy instruction in a manner that is culturally and socially relevant, empowering, and 
meaningful to students who must navigate a diverse and rapidly changing world.3 

This paper will explore how mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) can help 
illuminate the cultural and social factors related to how and where students access and use new 
media literacies and digital technology. Libraries play an important role in encouraging new 
media literacy development;4 yet access to libraries must be understood through social and 
cultural contexts.  

The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how mapping and GIS can be used to provide 
rigorous analysis of how library location in St. Louis, Missouri, is correlated with socioeconomic 
factors defined by the US Census including median household income and race. By using GIS, the 
role of libraries in providing universal access to new media resources can be displayed 
statistically, both challenging and confirming previously held beliefs about library access. This 
analysis raises new questions about how libraries are distributed across the St. Louis area and 
whether they truly provide universal and equal access.  

 

Elizabeth Thorne-Wallington (ethornew@wustl.edu) is a doctoral student in the Department of 

Education at Washington University in St. Louis.  

 

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LITERATURE REVIEW 

Advances in technologies are transforming the very meaning of literacy.5 Traditionally, literacy 
has been defined as the ability to understand and make meaning of a given text.6 The changing 
global economy requires a variety of digital literacies, which schools do not provide.7 Instead, 
young people acquire literacy through a multitude of in- and out-of-school experiences with new 
media and digital technology.8 Libraries play a vital role in supporting new media literacy by 
offering out-of-school access and experiences. 

To understand the role that libraries play in offering access to new media literacy technologies, a 
few key concepts must be defined. First is the concept of the digital native. Those born around 
1980, who have essentially grown up with technology, are known as digital natives.9 Digital 
natives are expected to have a base knowledge of technology and to be able to pick up and learn 
new technology quickly because of that base knowledge. Digital natives have been exposed to 
technology from a young age and are adept at using a variety of digital technologies. The 
suggestion is that young people can quickly learn to make use of the new media and technology 
available in a specific location. 

Key to any discussion of digital natives is the concept of the digital divide. The digital divide has 
been a central issue of education policy since the mid-1990s.10 Early work on the digital divide 
was concerned primarily with equal access.11 More recently, however, the idea of a “binary digital 
divide” has been replaced by studies focusing on a multidimensional view of the digital divide.12 
Hargattai asserts that even among digital natives, there are large variations in Internet skills and 
uses correlated with socioeconomic status, race, and gender.13 These variations call for a nuanced 
study examining social and cultural factors associated with new media literacy, including out-of-
school contexts. 

The concept of literacy and learning in out-of-school contexts has a strong historical context. Hull 
and Schultz provide a review of the theory and research on literacy in out-of-school settings.14 A 
variety of studies, including self-guided literacy activities, after-school programs, and reading 
programs were reviewed, and the significance of out-of-school learning opportunities was 
supported by these studies. Importantly for the research here, research has also been done on the 
use of digital technology in out-of-school settings. 

Lankshear and Knobel examine out-of-school practices extensively with their work on new 
literacies.15 Lankshear and Knobel also make clear the complexity of out-of-school experiences 
among young people. Students participate in nontraditional literacy activities such as blogging and 
remix in a variety of out-of-school contexts, from home computers to community-based 
organizations to libraries. Most importantly, Lankshear and Knobel found that the students did 
connect what they learned in the classroom with these out-of-school activities. 

The connection between out-of-school literacies and in-school learning has also been studied. 
Education policy researcher Allan Luke writes, 

The redefined action of governments . . . is to provide access to combinatory forms of enabling 
capital that enhance students’ possibilities of putting the kinds of practices, texts, and discourses 



 

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acquired in schools to work in consequential ways that enable active position taking in social 
fields.16 

Collins writes about this relationship between in- and out-of-school literacies. Collins writes in her 
case study that there are a variety of “imports” and “exports” in terms of practices. That is, skill 
transaction works in both directions, with skills learned out of school used in school, and skills 
learned in school used out of school.17 

Skerett and Bomer make this connection even more explicit when looking at adolescent literacy 
practices.18 Their article examines how a teacher in an urban classroom drew on her students’ 
out-of-school literacies to inform teaching and learning in a traditional literacy classroom. The 
authors found that the teacher in their study was able to create a curriculum that engaged 
students by inviting them to use literacies learned in out-of-school settings. However, the authors 
write that this type of literacy study was taxing and time-consuming for both the teacher and the 
student. Still, it is clear that connections between in- and out-of-school literacies can be made. 

The role libraries play in making this connection has not been studied as extensively. Yet it is clear 
that young people do use libraries to access technology. Becker et al., found that nearly half of the 
nation’s 14 to 18 year olds had used a library computer within the past year. Becker et al. 
additionally found that for poor children and families, libraries are a “technological lifeline.” 
Among those below the poverty line, 61 percent used public library computers and the Internet 
for educational purposes.19  

Tripp writes that libraries have long played an important role in helping people gain access to 
digital media tools, resources, and skills.20 Tripp writes that libraries should capitalize on the 
potential of new media to engage young people. Additionally, Tripp argues that librarians need to 
develop skills to train young people to use new media. 

The idea that libraries are important in meeting the need is further supported by the recent 
grants, totaling $1.2 million, by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to build 
“innovative learning labs for teens” in libraries. This grant making was a response to President 
Obama’s “Educate to Innovate” campaign, a nationwide effort to bring American students to the 
forefront in science and math.21 

This literature review demonstrates that the body of research currently available focuses on 
digital natives and the digital divide, but that the research lacks the nuance needed to capture the 
complexity of social and cultural contexts surrounding the issue. This literature review further 
demonstrates both the importance of new media literacy and out-of-school learning, as well as the 
key role that libraries play in supporting these learning opportunities. The study provided here 
uses GIS analysis to demonstrate important socioeconomic and cultural factors that surround 
libraries and library access. First, I describe the role of GIS in understanding context. Next, I 
describe the methods used in this paper. Finally, I analyze the results and implications for the 
study. 

Geographic Information Systems Analysis in Education 

There is a burgeoning body of research which uses geographic information systems (GIS) to better 
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There are several key works that link geography and social context. Lefebvre defines space as 
socially produced, and he writes that space embodies social relationships shaped by values and 
meanings. He describes space as a tool for thought and action or as a means of control and 
domination. Lefebvre writes that there is a need for spatial reappropriation in everyday urban life. 
The struggle for equality, then, is central to the “right of the city.”23 The unequal distributions of 
resources in the city help to maintain social and economic advantaged positions, which is 
important to the analysis here of library access. 

This unequal distribution of resources continues today. De Souza Briggs and others write that 
there is clear geographical segregation in American cities today.24 This is seen in housing choice, 
racial attitudes, and discrimination, as well as metropolitan development and policy coalitions. In 
the conclusion of his book, De Souza Briggs writes that housing choice is limited for low-SES 
minorities, and these limitations produce myriad social effects. Again, this finding is important to 
the contexts of where libraries are located. 

Jargowsky writes of similar findings.25 Like De Souza Briggs, Jargowsky focuses on the role that 
geography plays in terms of neighborhood and poverty. Jargowsky even finds social 
characteristics of these neighborhoods: there is a higher prevalence of single-parent families, 
lower educational attainment, a higher level of dropouts, and more children living in poverty. 
Important here, though, is that all such characteristics can be displayed geographically, which 
means that varying housing, economic, and social conditions can be displayed with library 
locations. 

Soja goes beyond the geographic analysis offered by De Souza Briggs and Jargowsky and writes 
that space should be applied to contemporary social theory.26 Soja found that spatiality should be 
used in terms of critical human geography to advance a theory of justice on multiple levels. He 
writes that injustice is spatially construed and that this spatiality shapes social injustice as much 
as social injustice shapes a specific geography. This understanding, then, shapes how I approach 
the study of new media literacies as influenced by cultural and social factors. 

These factors are particularly prevalent in the St. Louis, Missouri, area. Colin Gordon reiterates the 
arguments of Lefbvre Jargowsky and De Souza Briggs in arguing that St. Louis is a city in decline.27 
By providing maps that project housing policies, Gordon is able to provide a clear link between 
historical housing policies such as racial covenants and current urban decline. Gordon is able to 
show that vast populations are moving out of St. Louis City and into the county, resulting in a 
concentration of minority populations in the northern part of the city. Gordon argues that the 
policies and programs offered by St. Louis City have only exacerbated the problem and led to 
greater blight.28 

In terms of literacy, Morrell makes the most explicit connection between literacy and mapping 
with a study that used a community-asset mapping activity to make the argument that teachers 
need to make an explicit connection between literacy at school and the new literacies experienced 
in the community.29 The significance of this is that GIS can be used to illuminate the social and 
economic contexts of new media literacy opportunities as well, which in turn could help inform 
social dialogue about the availability of and access to informal education opportunities for new 
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METHODS AND DATA 

The GIS analysis performed here concerns library locations in the St. Louis metropolitan area, 
including St. Louis City and St. Louis County. The St. Louis metropolitan area was chosen because 
of past research mapping the segregation of the city, largely because the city and county are so 
clearly segregated racially and economically along the north–south line. This segregation is 
striking when displayed geographically and illuminating when mapped with library location. Maps 
were created using TIGER files (www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger.html) and US Census 
data (http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml), both freely available to the 
public via Internet download. Libraries were identified using the St. Louis City Library’s “Libraries 
& hours” webpage (www.slpl.org/slpl/library/article240098545.asp), the St. Louis County 
Library “Locations & Hours” webpage (www.slcl.org/about/hours_and_locations), Google Maps 
(www.maps.google.com), and the yellow pages for the St. Louis metropolitan area 
(www.yellowpages.com). The address of each library was entered into iTouchMap 
(http://itouchmap.com ) to indentify the latitude and longitude of the library. A spreadsheet 
containing this information was then loaded into the GIS software and displayed as X–Y data. The 
maps were then displayed using median household income, African American population, and 
Latino and Hispanic population as obtained from the US Census at census tract level. For median 
household income, the data was from 1999. For all other census data, the year was 2010.  

For district-level data, communication arts data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and 
Secondary Education (MODESE) website (http://dese.mo.gov/dsm ), was entered into Microsoft 
Excel, and then displayed on the maps. The data is district level, representing all grades tested for 
Communication Arts across all district schools. The MODESE data was from 2008, the most recent 
year available at the time the analysis was performed. The Communication Arts data was taken 
from the Missouri Assessment Program test. This test is given yearly across the state to all public 
school students. The state then collects the data and makes it available at the state, district, and 
school level. The data used here is district-level data. Scores are broken into four categories: 
advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic. The groups for proficient and advanced were 
combined to indicate the district’s success on the MAP test. These are the two levels generally 
considered acceptable or passing by the state.30  

Before looking at patterns of library location and these socioeconomic and educational factors, 
density analysis was performed on the library locations using ESRI ArcGIS software, version 9.0, to 
analyze whether clustering was statistically significant. This analysis was used to demonstrate 
whether libraries were clustered in a statistically significant pattern, or if location was random. 
The Nearest Neighbor tool of ArcGIS was used to determine if a set of features, in this case the 
libraries, shows a statistically significant level of clustering. This was done by measuring the 
distance from each library to its single nearest neighbor and calculating the average distance of all 
the measurements. The tool then created a hypothetical set of data with the same number of 
features, but placed randomly within the study area. Then an average distance was calculated for 
these features and compared to the real data. That is, a hypothetical random set of locations was 
compared to the set of actual library locations. A near-neighbor index was produced, which 
expresses the ratio of the observed distance divided by the distance from the hypothetical data, 
thus comparing the two sets.31 This score was then standardized, producing a z-score, reported 
below in the results section.  

http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger.html
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RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS 

Using the Nearest Neighbor tool produced a z-score of -3.08, showing that the data is clustered 
beyond the 0.01 significance level. This means that there is a less than 1 percent chance that 
library location would be clustered to this degree based on chance. Knowing, then, that library 
location is not random, we can now examine socioeconomic patterns of the areas where libraries 
are located. 

Figure 1 shows library location and population of individuals under the age of 18 at the census 
tract level for St. Louis City and County, using data from the 2010 US Census. To clarify, the city 
and county are divided by the bold black line crossing the middle of the map, the only such 
boundary in figure 1, where the county is the larger geographic area. Library location is important 
because previous research shows that young people use informal learning environments to access 
new media technologies,32 and libraries are a key informal learning environment.33 This map 
demonstrates, however, that libraries are not located in census tracts with the highest populations 
of individuals under the age of 18 in St. Louis City and County. In fact, for all the tracts with the 
highest number of individuals under the age of 18, there are zero libraries located in these tracts. 
This is especially concerning given that young people may have less access to transportation, so 
their access of facilities in neighboring census tracts may be quite limited. 

Figure 1. Number of individuals under the age of 18 by census tract and library location in St. 
Louis City and St. Louis County. Source: 2010 US Census. 



 

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Figure 2 includes maps showing library locations in St. Louis City and County in terms of poverty 
and race by census tract level, as well as ACT score by district, represented by the bold lines, 
where St. Louis City is represented by a single district, the St. Louis Public School district. Median 
household income in indicated by the gray shading, with white areas not having data available. 
First, census tracts with low median household income are clustered in the northern part of the 
city and county. There are four libraries in the northern half of the city, and eleven libraries in the 
central and southern parts of the city. There are fewer libraries in the census tracts with low 
median household income. 

Figure 2. Median household income, ACT score, and library location, St. Louis City and County. 

Source: 2010 US Census and Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2010, 
www.modese.gov. 

While the Nearest Neighbor analysis has already demonstrated the libraries are significantly 
clustered, the maps seem to suggest the pattern of that clustering. This is especially concerning 
given the report by Becker that 61 percent of those living below the poverty line use libraries to 
access the Internet.34 First, in terms of median household income, it does appear that many 
libraries are located in higher income areas of the city and county. While the libraries appear to be 

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clustered centrally, and particularly near major freeways, there appear to be libraries in many of 
the higher income census tracts. Adding to the concern of location is that of access to these library 
locations. For those living below the poverty line, transportation is often a prohibitive cost, so 
access from public transportation should also be a major concern for libraries. Additionally, in a 
pattern repeated in figure 4, the location of libraries does not appear to have any effect on ACT 
scores, but there are clearly higher ACT scores in wealthier areas of the city and county. This is not 
to say that there is a statistical relationship between ACT score and library location, but rather to 
look at the spatial patterns of each in order to note similarities and differences in these patterns. 

Figure 3 shows library location by race, including African American or Black and Hispanic or 
Latino. First, it is important to note that patterns of race in St. Louis have been carefully 
documented by Gordon.35 The St. Louis area is clearly a highly segregated region, which makes the 
social contexts of libraries in the St. Louis area even more important. This map demonstrates that 
while there are many libraries in the northern parts of St. Louis City and County, none of these 
libraries is located in the census tracts with the highest populations of those identifying 
themselves as African American or Black in either the city or county. This raises questions about 
the inequality of access to the libraries.  

On the other hand, the densest populations of those identifying themselves as Hispanic or Latino 
are in the southern part of the city, but not the county. There is a library located in one of those 
tracts. It appears the areas with higher concentrations of African Americans or Blacks have fewer 
libraries, while areas with the higher concentrations of Latinos or Hispanics are located in the 
southern parts of the city that do have libraries. It is important to note, however, that the 
concentrations of Latinos and Hispanics is quite low, and those areas are majority white census 
tracts. 

As noted above, beyond location, access from public transportation is also an important issue. At 
the same time, the clustering and patterns shown on these maps raise key issues about access 
based on income and race. Libraries are not located in areas with low median household income 
or in areas with high concentrations of African Americans or Blacks. This raises serious questions 
about why libraries are located where they are, and whether the individuals located in these areas 
have equal access to library resources, particularly new media technologies. 



 

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Figure 3. African American or Black and Hispanic, library location, St. Louis City and County. 

Source: 2010 US Census. 

The final map raises a slightly different issue, one of test scores and student achievement. Figure 4 
shows library location by percent proficient or advanced on the Missouri Achievement Program 
test by district. Beyond the location of the libraries, one factor that stands out is that the areas 
with the lowest percent proficient or advanced are also the areas with the lowest median 
household income and the highest percentage of those identifying as African American or Black. 

Here an interesting pattern emerges. While there are many libraries in the city and northern part 
of the county, the percent proficient or advanced on the communication arts portion of exam is 
quite low (20–30 percent). On the other hand, in the western part of the county, there are few 
libraries, but the percent proficient or advanced is at its highest level. This suggests that there may 
not be a strong connection between achievement on the MAP exam and library location, similar to 
the lack of relationship seen in between ACT average score and library location in figure 2. At the 
same time, there does appear to be a correlation between race, income, and test scores. This 
correlation is noted throughout the literature on student achievement.36 

Clearly, these maps raise important questions such as how and why libraries are located in a 
certain area, who uses libraries in a given area, as well as what other informal learning 
environments and community assets exist in these areas. What is made clear by the maps, though, 
is that GIS can be used as a tool to help understand the context of new media literacy. 



 

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Figure 4. Proficient or advanced, Communication Arts MAP by district, 2009, and library location. 
Source: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2010, www.modese.gov. 

SIGNIFICANCE 

These results demonstrate that GIS can be used to illuminate the social, cultural, and economic 
complexity that surrounds informal learning environments, particularly libraries. This can help 
demonstrate not only where young people have the opportunity to use new media literacy, but 
also the complex contextual factors surrounding those opportunities. Paired with traditional 
qualitative and quantitative work, GIS can provide an additional lens for understanding new 
media literacy ecologies, which can help inform dialogue about this topic.  

For the results of this study, there does appear to be a relationship between library location and 
race and income. This study illuminates the complex contextual factors affecting libraries. Because 
of the important role that libraries can play in offering young people out of school learning 
opportunities, particularly in terms of access to new media resources, these contextual factors are 
important to ensuring equal access and opportunity for all. 

 

 

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28.  Ibid. 

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