Embarking on the online reading challenge: adolescents' participation motives, gains and impacts on reading routines

IF 1.2 4区 教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Literacy Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1111/lit.12380
Jeroen Dera
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Abstract

Despite the widespread popularity of online reading challenges on platforms like Goodreads and The StoryGraph, research on this phenomenon has been mostly absent. This article addresses this gap by examining the motivations of adolescent participants in reading challenges, the outcomes of their participation and the implications for their reading routines. Drawing upon semi-structured interviews with 20 participants aged 15–20 years, the article shows that motivations range from a desire for social engagement within a book-loving peer group to self-challenge. A common thread is that reading challenges serve as a catalyst for increased volitional reading by adolescents, accompanied by changes in their reading habits. Furthermore, analysis of the responses reveals that these evolving reading practices are perceived by participants as both stimulating and self-directed. However, the research also underscores the significant role played by algorithms on platforms like Goodreads in influencing reading routines. The study also shows that some participants in online reading challenges are guided by social motivation, although most of them experience social motives as secondary to their individual and intrinsic desire to read more. At the same time, some individuals partaking in online reading challenges prove susceptible to negative perceptions from others. Hence, this research foregrounds crucial tensions in online reading cultures adolescents engage in, specifically those between autonomy and algorithm and sociocentrism and egocentrism.

迎接在线阅读挑战:青少年的参与动机、收获以及对阅读习惯的影响
尽管在线阅读挑战在 Goodreads 和 The StoryGraph 等平台上广为流行,但有关这一现象的研究却大多缺失。本文通过研究青少年参与阅读挑战的动机、参与的结果以及对其阅读习惯的影响,填补了这一空白。文章通过对 20 名 15-20 岁的参与者进行半结构式访谈,发现他们参与的动机既包括渴望在爱书的同龄群体中参与社交活动,也包括自我挑战。一个共同点是,阅读挑战是青少年增加自愿阅读的催化剂,并伴随着他们阅读习惯的改变。此外,对参与者回答的分析表明,参与者认为这些不断变化的阅读习惯既具有激励作用,又是自我导向的。不过,研究也强调了 Goodreads 等平台上的算法在影响阅读习惯方面所起的重要作用。研究还表明,一些在线阅读挑战的参与者是受社交动机的引导,尽管他们中的大多数人认为社交动机是次要的,因为他们有更多阅读的个人和内在愿望。与此同时,一些参与在线阅读挑战的人容易受到他人负面看法的影响。因此,本研究揭示了青少年所参与的在线阅读文化中的重要矛盾,特别是自主与算法、社会中心主义与自我中心主义之间的矛盾。
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Literacy
Literacy Multiple-
CiteScore
3.00
自引率
7.70%
发文量
46
期刊介绍: Literacy is the official journal of the United Kingdom Literacy Association (formerly the United Kingdom Reading Association), the professional association for teachers of literacy. Literacy is a refereed journal for those interested in the study and development of literacy. Its readership comprises practitioners, teacher educators, researchers and both undergraduate and graduate students. Literacy offers educators a forum for debate through scrutinising research evidence, reflecting on analysed accounts of innovative practice and examining recent policy developments.
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