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The social context of reading and book: opinions and attitudes of students
Sanja Stanić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-4841
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, Split, Hrvatska
Leon Jelača
Sažetak
Reading enriches an individual’s personality and experience. The importance of reading is a subject of the scientific interest. From the 1980’s, the researches based on reading begin to include sociological concepts. The results show that today’s generations of young people read less than their predecessors. This paper examines a social context of reading and book, within the population of the students. Reading habits and interests, relation towards the book and the meaning of the book were studied on a sample (N=262) of primary and secondary school students. Research findings were examined depending on the age of the participants. Student’s reading subjects are very diverse. Reading preferences change with age. Print reading is present, but ‘on screen’ reading also appears as a trend. School-reading is considered valuable, but also as inadequate. The books are being owned in a smaller amount. They are most frequently borrowed from libraries or friends. The book is not among the desirable consumer goods. The value of the book is immaterial, symbolic .
Ključne riječi
reading; students; relation towards the things; gift; using; owning; meaning of the book
Hrčak ID:
187030
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.6.2017.
Posjeta: 5.543 *