ERIC Number: EJ1400725
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1743-9884
EISSN: EISSN-1743-9892
'Because I'm Always Moving': A Mobile Ethnography Study of Adolescent Girls' Everyday Print and Digital Reading Practices
Learning, Media and Technology, v48 n4 p612-631 2023
With increased access to technologies for reading, more understanding is needed about how adolescents engage with print and digital reading across school and out-of-school contexts. In this study, mobile ethnography was used to document the everyday print and digital reading practices of adolescent girls from one all-girls' school. They responded to real-time researcher prompts about their reading across various timings, locations, and devices over four days, and participated in photo-elicitation interviews. Findings showed that as students moved between locations, they also transited across devices, platforms, and formats, making use of different print and digital resources for varied ways of reading. Their ability to 'style-shift' flexibly across the boundaries of school and personal spaces, various devices and platforms allowed them to independently optimise reading as a resource for their everyday leisure, information seeking, and learning purposes. Insights, implications, and challenges for learning in a post-pandemic digital age are discussed.
Descriptors: Ethnography, Adolescents, Females, Printed Materials, Nonprint Media, Reading Habits, Handheld Devices, Secondary School Students, Reading Attitudes, Preferences, Recreational Reading, Laptop Computers, Tablet Computers, Social Media, Novels, Literacy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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