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Reading and company. / Kuzmičová, Anežka; Dias, Patrícia; Vogrinčič Čepič, Ana; Albrechtslund, Anne Mette Bech; Casado, André; Kotrla Topić, Marina; Mínguez López, Xavier; Nilsson, Skans Kersti; Teixeira-Botelho, Inês.
I: Viden om Laesning, Bind 52, Nr. 2, 05.2018, s. 70-77.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Reading and company
AU - Kuzmičová, Anežka
AU - Dias, Patrícia
AU - Vogrinčič Čepič, Ana
AU - Albrechtslund, Anne Mette Bech
AU - Casado, André
AU - Kotrla Topić, Marina
AU - Mínguez López, Xavier
AU - Nilsson, Skans Kersti
AU - Teixeira-Botelho, Inês
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - Reading, even when silent and individual, is a social phenomenon and has often been studied as such. Complementary to this view, research has begun to explore how reading is embodied beyond simply being 'wired' in the brain. This article brings the social and embodied perspectives together in a very literal sense. Reporting a qualitative study of reading practices across student focus groups from six European countries, it identifies an underexplored factor in reading behaviour and experience. This factor is the sheer physical presence, and concurrent activity, of other people in the environment where one engages in individual silent reading. The primary goal of the study was to explore the role and possible associations of a number of variables (text type, purpose, device) in selecting generic (e.g. indoors vs outdoors) as well as specific (e.g. home vs library) reading environments. Across all six samples included in the study, participants spontaneously attested to varied, and partly surprising, forms of sensitivity to company and social space in their daily efforts to align body with mind for reading. The article reports these emergent trends and discusses their potential implications for research and practice.
AB - Reading, even when silent and individual, is a social phenomenon and has often been studied as such. Complementary to this view, research has begun to explore how reading is embodied beyond simply being 'wired' in the brain. This article brings the social and embodied perspectives together in a very literal sense. Reporting a qualitative study of reading practices across student focus groups from six European countries, it identifies an underexplored factor in reading behaviour and experience. This factor is the sheer physical presence, and concurrent activity, of other people in the environment where one engages in individual silent reading. The primary goal of the study was to explore the role and possible associations of a number of variables (text type, purpose, device) in selecting generic (e.g. indoors vs outdoors) as well as specific (e.g. home vs library) reading environments. Across all six samples included in the study, participants spontaneously attested to varied, and partly surprising, forms of sensitivity to company and social space in their daily efforts to align body with mind for reading. The article reports these emergent trends and discusses their potential implications for research and practice.
KW - Embodiment
KW - Learning
KW - Media
KW - Reading
KW - Reading environment
KW - Social space
U2 - 10.1111/lit.12131
DO - 10.1111/lit.12131
M3 - Journal article
VL - 52
SP - 70
EP - 77
JO - Viden om Laesning
JF - Viden om Laesning
SN - 1902-3472
IS - 2
ER -