Reading Practices of Students of the Metropolitan Metropolis: “Amateurs” and “Pragmatists”
https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2022-31-10-87-101
Abstract
Modern social processes (globalization, urbanization, digitalization, succession of generations and others) actualize public and scientific attention to students’ reading culture, reading practices and their various aspects (gender, social, economic, and others). The issue of culture of reading, reading practices, their features and structure is a topical and relatively under-developed topic of interdisciplinary analysis. These phenomena are considered in sociology within the framework of some concepts: as a separate type of practice in the process of personal literacy formation, through the connection of cultural heritage and social class, through the analysis of subjective and existential meanings of the reading experience, and others. It is interesting to study the reading practices of students due to the specificity of the subject-object role of this social group in the process of cultural intergenerational continuity. The article highlights the results of an empirical study conducted among students of Moscow universities. Two types of students’ attitudes to works of fiction are revealed: pragmatic and value-reflective. The characteristics of these two groups are given, compared with other indicators (love of reading, reading as pleasure, volume of reading, genres of fiction, and others). The main conclusions and results presented in the publication will be of interest to teachers, scientists, representatives of state and public organizations and specifically to students.
About the Authors
E. V. Kargapolova
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina V. Kargapolova – Dr. Sci. (Sociology), Assoc. Prof.
36, Stremyannyi lane, Moscow, 117997
V. V. Diakova
Astrakhan State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vera V. Diakova – Cand. Sci. (Sociology), Assoc. Prof.
16, Tatisheva str., Astrakhan, 414056
M. A. Simonenko
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina A. Simonenko – Cand. Sci. (Philology), Assoc. Prof.
36, Stremyannyi lane, Moscow, 117997
Ju. A. Davydova
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Julia A. Davydova – Cand. Sci. (History), Assoc. Prof.
36, Stremyannyi lane, Moscow, 117997
References
1. Griswold W., McDonnel, T., Wright N. (2005). Reading and the reading class in the twenty-first century. Annual Review of Sociology. No. 31, pp. 127-141, doi: 10.1146/annurev.soc.31.041304.122312
2. Bourdieu P. (2007). Sociologie de l’espace social (Russian translation by N.A. Shmatko. Mos-cow: Institute of Experimental Sociology; St. Petersburg : Aleteiya, 2017, 288 p. ISBN 978-5-903354-054).
3. Kraaykamp, G., Dijkstra, K. (1999). Preferences in Leisure Time Book Reading: A Study on the Social Differentiation in Book Reading for the Netherlands. Poetics. No. 26 (4), pp. 203-234, doi: 10.1016/S0304-422X(99)00002-9
4. Atkinson, W. (2016) The Structure of Literary Taste: Class, Gender and Reading in the UK. Cultural Sociology. No. 10 (2), pp. 247–266, doi: 10.1177/1749975516639083
5. Olave, M.A.T. (2018). Reading Matters: Towards a Cultural Sociology of Reading. American Journal of Cultural Sociology. No. 6 (3), pp. 417-454, doi: 10.1057/s41290-017-0034-x
6. Váňa, J. (2020). Theorizing the Social Through Literary Fiction: For a New Sociology of Literature. Cultural Sociology. No. 14 (2), pp. 180-200, doi: 10.1177/1749975520922469
7. Kendall, A. (2008). Playing and Resisting: Rethinking Young People’s Reading Cultures. Literacy. No. 42 (3), pp. 123-130, doi: 10.1111/j.1741-4369.2008.00485.x
8. Dulina, N.V., Kargapolova, E.V., Strizoe, A.L. (2017). Young People in Modernization Processes: Assessment of the State of Affairs (Case Study of Southern Federal District Regions). Ekonomicheskie i sotsial’nye peremeny: fakty, tendentsii, prognoz = Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast. Vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 130-149, doi: 10.15838/esc.2017.2.50.7 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).
9. Zotov, V.V., Gorelik, O.V. (2009). [Social Activity of Students as a Criterion for the Formation of the Socio-Cultural Environment of the University]. Voprosy kul’turologii [Issues of Culturology]. No. 5, pp. 39-43. Available at: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=13005785& (accessed 27.04.2022). (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).
10. Fatiloro, O.F., Adesola, O.A., Hameed, B.A., Adewumi, O.M. (2017). A Survey on the Reading Habits among Colleges of Education Students in the Information Age. Journal of Education and Practice. Vol. 8, no. 8 (8), pp. 106-110. Available at: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1139158.pdf (accessed 27.04.2022).
11. Erdem, A. (2015). A Research on Reading Habits of University Students: (Sample of Ankara University and Erciyes University). Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences. Vol. 174, pp. 3983-3990, doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.01.1145
12. Yin, C., Uosaki, N., Chu, H.C., Hwang, G.J., Hwang, J.J., Hatono, I., Tabata, Y. (2017). Learning Behavioral Pattern Analysis Based on Students’ Logs in Reading Digital Books. In: Chen, W. et al. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computers in Education. New Zealand: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education. December 2017. Pp. 549-557. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chengjiu-Yin/publication/321824916_Learning_Behavioral_Pattern_Analysis_based_on_Students_Logs_in_Reading_Digital_Books/links/5a3373c3458515afb6916bc6/Learning-Behavioral-Pattern-Analysis-based-on-Students-Logs-in-Reading-Digital-Books.pdf (accessed: 27.04.2022).
13. Stefanovskaya, N.A. (2008). Ekzistentsial’nye osnovy chteniya [Existential Foundations of Reading]. Tambov : Derzhavin Tambov State University Publ., 264 p. Available at: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=20041326 (accessed: 27.04.2022). (In Russ.).
14. Kirchanov, М.V. (2021). Looking for a Bookstore in Town: Intellectual Readers and the Death of “Gutenberg Galaxy”. Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies. No. 4, pp. 51-67, doi: 10.46539/gmd.v3i4.169 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).
15. Sullivan, A., Brown, M. (2015). Reading for Pleasure and Progress in Vocabulary and Mathematics. British Educational Research Journal. Vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 971-991, doi: 10.1002/berj.3180
16. Al Yaaqubi, A., Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2013). How Does Reading Literature for Pleasure Affect EFL Learners? The Asian EFL Journal. Vol. 72, pp. 20-46. Available at: https://www.asian-efl-journal.com/monthly-editions-new/how-does-reading-literature-for-pleasure-affect-efl-learners/index.htm (accessed: 27.04.2022).
17. Sheldrick Ross С. (1999). Finding Without Seeking: The Information Encounter in the Context of Reading for Pleasure. Information Processing & Management. Vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 783-799, doi: 10.1016/S0306-4573(99)00026-6
18. Oturgasheva, N.V. (2018). Book as a Space of Images and Meanings: The Range of Young Students’ Reading Preferences]. Tekst. Kniga. Knigoizdanie = Text. Book. Publishing. No. 16, pp. 72-85, doi: 10.17223/23062061/16/5 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).
19. Creel, S. (2015). The Impact of Assigned Reading on Reading Pleasure in Young Adults. Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults. Vol. 5, pp. 1-24. Available at: https://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2015/02/the-impact-of-assigned-reading-on-reading-pleasure-in-young-adults/ (accessed 27.04.2022).
20. Rogiers, A., Van Keer, H., Merchie, E. (2020). The Profile of the Skilled Reader: An Investigation into the Role of Reading Enjoyment and Student Characteristics. International Journal of Educational Research. Vol. 99, article no. 101512, doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2019.101512
21. del Pilar Jiménez, E., Alarcón, R., de Vicente-Yague, M.-I. (2019). Reading Intervention: Correlation Between Emotional Intelligence and Reading Competence in High School Students. Revista de Psicodidáctica (English ed.). Vol.24, no. 1, pp. 24-30, doi: 10.1016/j.psicoe.2018.10.001
22. Kuznetsova, T.Ya. (2018). Reading as a Tool for Personal Socialization in the Digital Age. Vestnik Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta kul’tury i iskusstv = Bulletin of Moscow State University of Culture and Arts. No. 6 (86), pp. 164-170. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).
23. Greaney, V., Hegarty, M. (1987). Correlates of Leisure Time Reading. Journal of Research in Reading. Vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 3-20, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.1987.tb00278.x
24. Hughes Hassell, S., Rodge, P. (2007). The Leisure Reading Habits of Urban Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. Vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 22-33, doi: 10.1598/JAAL.51.1.3
25. Barber, A.T., Klauda, S.L. (2020). How Reading Motivation and Engagement Enable Reading Achievement: Policy Implications. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 27-34, doi: 10.1177/2372732219893385
26. Clark, C., Rumbold, K. (2006). Reading for Pleasure: A Research Overview. National Literacy Trust, 35 p. Available at: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED496343 (accessed 27.04.2022).
27. Mikryukova, T.A. (2019). Communication in the Family: Traditions of Family Reading in Russia. Vestnik Vyatskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta = Herald of Vyatka State University. No. 4, pp. 85-93, doi: 10.25730/VSU.7606.19.059 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).
28. Baker, L., Scher, D., Mackler, K. (1997). Home and Family Influences on Motivations for Reading. Educational Psychologist. Vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 69-82, doi: 10.1207/s15326985ep3202_2
29. Argüelles Álvarez I. (2012). Student Choice and Reading in the EFL Classroom. Encuentro. Vol. 21, pp. 104-114. Available at: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED539774 (accessed 27.04.2022).
Review
Views:
407
Email this article 