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KALEIDOSCOPIC READING ONLINE

Summary/Abstract: Kaleidoscopic reading online. The hypothesis Angela Pop examines is that the Internet brings with it new textual-discursive practices, including a new type of reading: kaleidoscopic reading. This emerges from information published in digital frames created by the world of Internet. It is characterized by a non-linear reception path, in which the reader follows milestones created by hyperlinks, in the page displayed by the computer. It is a quick reading, which goes from text to hypertext and aims to familiarize the readers with the content they are reading. An issue in an online environment concerns the role the internet user might play. Pop distinguishes three such online roles: 1. first, the internet reader [from the French lecteurnaute, i.e. lecteur + internaute (=internet user)] is the passive reader who only enjoys Internet content. He only reads texts written by others, and for him the Internet is a source of information. 2. second, a virtual author, one who publishes various papers (and content), which makes us consider him an author in the real world. 3. A third role is played by the internet scriptor (in French: scriptornaute) a person who makes comments online, on texts published by virtual authors. A transition of the Internet user from one “role” to another can take place in the process of kaleidoscopic reading. Pop identifies three essential types of kaleidoscopic reading: circular, spiral and open. “Ecrilecture” (from the French écrire=to write + lecture=to read) coexists with online kaleidoscopic reading.

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