Academic (Non)Reading from the Perspective of “User Friendliness”: An Insight from the Fields of Sociology of Literature and of Multimiedia Cover Image
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(Nie)czytelnictwo akademickie w perspektywie „wygody użytkownika” – wgląd z zakresu socjologii literatury i multimediów
Academic (Non)Reading from the Perspective of “User Friendliness”: An Insight from the Fields of Sociology of Literature and of Multimiedia

Author(s): Piotr Toczyski
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: print book readership; academic readership; humanities; university studies; access to texts

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses data that is usually difficult to find but sometimes becomes publicly accessible, facilitating reflection on the current transformation of the humanities within Polish academia. The data was collected during classes at metropolitan universities in 2013, when over 700 students of law and other humanities individually responded to auditorium questionnaires. To account for the results of the study, the researchers sug¬gest the categories of “non-reading” and of “ease of access”. Studies of (non)reading in Poland from 2012 form the backdrop for this investigation.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 395-410
  • Page Count: 16