Examining Adolescent Girls’ Contemporary Everyday Print and Digital Leisure Reading Through Mobile Ethnography (Poster 29)

• In Event: Thursday Poster Session 12:40 pm
  In Poster Session: Research in Reading and Literacy Poster Session 1

Abstract

With increased access to technologies for reading, more understanding is needed about how adolescents traverse print and digital reading across in school and out-of-school contexts. In this study, mobile ethnography was used to document the everyday print and digital reading practices of twelve adolescent girls from one high-achieving all-girls’ school. The students responded to real-time researcher prompts about their reading, locations, and devices over four days. Photo-elicitation follow-up interviews examined their reasons and explanations for their reading practices. Findings showed that the girls participated in fandom reading practices, cultivated reading distinctions, and developed a wide repertoire of reading tools across multiple genres and platforms. Implications for future reading research, policymaking and practice for supporting adolescents’ engaged reading are discussed.

Author

• Chin Ee Loh, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University