Do digital devices enhance teenagers’ recreational reading engagement? Issues for library policy from a recent study in two Australian states
©, Published with license by Taylor & Francis. © Leonie Rutherford, Andrew Singleton, Leonee Ariel Derr and Margaret Kristin Merga. ©, © Leonie Rutherford, Andrew Singleton, Leonee Ariel Derr and Margaret Kristin Merga. Digital platforms have become central to twenty-first century education, c...
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| description | ©, Published with license by Taylor & Francis. © Leonie Rutherford, Andrew Singleton, Leonee Ariel Derr and Margaret Kristin Merga. ©, © Leonie Rutherford, Andrew Singleton, Leonee Ariel Derr and Margaret Kristin Merga. Digital platforms have become central to twenty-first century education, culture, and government, and libraries devote an increasing proportion of budgets to acquisitions of e-resources. This research reports on a recent project that investigated Australian teenagers’ use of traditional print and digital platforms for long-form recreational reading. Specifically, it investigates whether digital devices are a preferred modality for Australian adolescents’ recreational reading and if access to digital devices with e-reading capabilities, such as tablets, smartphones, e-readers, and laptop or desktop computers, is associated with more reading engagement by avid and reluctant readers. The research, based on a diverse sample of urban and regional participants from two states, suggests that Australian adolescents’ preferences for e-books have been largely overestimated. Issues of relevance to public libraries are discussed. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-725272018-12-13T09:34:40Z Do digital devices enhance teenagers’ recreational reading engagement? Issues for library policy from a recent study in two Australian states Rutherford, L. Singleton, A. Derr, L. Merga, Margaret ©, Published with license by Taylor & Francis. © Leonie Rutherford, Andrew Singleton, Leonee Ariel Derr and Margaret Kristin Merga. ©, © Leonie Rutherford, Andrew Singleton, Leonee Ariel Derr and Margaret Kristin Merga. Digital platforms have become central to twenty-first century education, culture, and government, and libraries devote an increasing proportion of budgets to acquisitions of e-resources. This research reports on a recent project that investigated Australian teenagers’ use of traditional print and digital platforms for long-form recreational reading. Specifically, it investigates whether digital devices are a preferred modality for Australian adolescents’ recreational reading and if access to digital devices with e-reading capabilities, such as tablets, smartphones, e-readers, and laptop or desktop computers, is associated with more reading engagement by avid and reluctant readers. The research, based on a diverse sample of urban and regional participants from two states, suggests that Australian adolescents’ preferences for e-books have been largely overestimated. Issues of relevance to public libraries are discussed. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72527 10.1080/01616846.2018.1511214 Routledge restricted |
| spellingShingle | Rutherford, L. Singleton, A. Derr, L. Merga, Margaret Do digital devices enhance teenagers’ recreational reading engagement? Issues for library policy from a recent study in two Australian states |
| title | Do digital devices enhance teenagers’ recreational reading engagement? Issues for library policy from a recent study in two Australian states |
| title_full | Do digital devices enhance teenagers’ recreational reading engagement? Issues for library policy from a recent study in two Australian states |
| title_fullStr | Do digital devices enhance teenagers’ recreational reading engagement? Issues for library policy from a recent study in two Australian states |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do digital devices enhance teenagers’ recreational reading engagement? Issues for library policy from a recent study in two Australian states |
| title_short | Do digital devices enhance teenagers’ recreational reading engagement? Issues for library policy from a recent study in two Australian states |
| title_sort | do digital devices enhance teenagers’ recreational reading engagement? issues for library policy from a recent study in two australian states |
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