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Book Reading in Urban and Rural Communities
Janez Jerovšek
Sažetak
The article is based on an investigation made by the author in Kranj (Slovenia),
one of Yugoslavia's highly developed industrial and urban communities, and
in two villages near Kranj (Cerklje and Preddvor). The investigation covered 672
individuals.
The results of the enquiry show that fewer books are read in the villages than
in urban communities, the main reason being the villagers’ lack of time and shortage
of financial resources rather than lack of interest in reading. In the villages
there are also fewer subscribers of newspapers and periodicals, though the village
population appears more interested in the local press than the urban population.
The higher the educational level of the inhabitants the lower their interest in the
local press. Fewer books are possessed or acquired by the village population than
by town dwellers.
While the reading of books and newspapers is in direct dependence on a person’s
financial position it is much more dependent on his or her educational level. For
extra incomes can be spent on both material goods and cultural advancement. The
lower a person’s educational and cultural level, the more will he prefer material
goods at the expense of cultural consumption, and vice versa. Supplementary
education schemes and cultural propaganda are thus extremely important for the
spread of culture.
The author further concludes that the possession of TV sets does not affect
the purchase of books, but on the contrary that it has a stimulating effect on it.
However, since the enquiry involved three highly developed communities in
a developed region, generalizations on a Yugoslav, or even Slovene, level are not
possible.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
119024
URI
Datum izdavanja:
10.6.1969.
Posjeta: 895 *