How do young people read today?

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

How do young people read today?

Original language description

Following the introduction of e-readers and tablets, print books are increasingly recognized as the material and largely portable devices they always were. The question arises whether they are brought to the same physical spaces as their digital counterparts, and whether they are used for the same genres and purposes. The talk will report results from two of my empirical studies. The first, qualitative study began as an exploration of this question and ended up demonstrating how solitary silent reading, without any obvious links to social reading proper, is subject to social contingencies at a physical, embodied level. Student focus groups in six European countries were interviewed on how they select and experience generic (e.g. indoors vs. outdoors) as well as specific (e.g. home vs. library) reading environments in relation to what (genre), why (purpose), and how (device) they read. Surprisingly, participants did not report preferring solitude and privacy for reading, and few reported being indifferent to their immediate social surroundings. The second study was a quantitative online survey of everyday reading practices (N = 277) that targeted library professionals and students enrolled in an Information Science program in Denmark. The data documents a highly diversified reading ecology where most genres are read on most devices and where readers’ choices and preferences vary with gender, age, and life situation. The clearest patterns emerge among female respondents who fall into distinct reader/user groups according to age. Most importantly, we found the variety of digital devices used for reading to increase rather than decrease with age, contrary to common assumptions. Meanwhile, the youngest of the female respondents seem to read in the greatest variety of environments, and to make the least use of printed reading materials.

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60206 - Specific literatures

Project

<a href="/en/project/8F18003" target="_blank" >8F18003: Reading Europe Advanced Data Investigation Tool</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů