A Comparative Review on Printed and E-book Reading Habits in High School Students

A Comparative Review on Printed and E-book Reading Habits in High School Students

Metin ELKATMIŞ & Murat YİĞİT

ÖZET
Humankind always has an effort to produce information and code (write) it in order to keep the information permanent. While information has been produced before the invention of computer was subjected to the process of reading on the basis of tactual materials (such as clay, rock, papyrus, paper); whereas together with the spread of computers and internet, information has begun to be produced in the electronic environment and offered to readers in this environment. The purpose of this study was to investigate high school students’ habit of reading printed and e-books comparatively within the context of certain variables. In line with this purpose, semi-structured interview technique which is among qualitative data collection techniques, was used in the study. Target population of the study consisted of fourth-grade high school students having education in a city center of Central Anatolia in the 2019-2020 academic year. In this context 51 students were included in the study survey. In order to collect the study data, face-to-face interviews were conducted with students using a semi-structured interview form which was developed by the researchers and the data acquired were recorded in both written and audial forms. At the end of interviews, the data were analyzed via content analysis method and various concepts and correlations were analyzed in line with the purpose of study. According to the results of the research, it was concluded that while most of high school students preferred to read from the printed book, they generally have low-level book reading and also the readers.

ABSTRACT
Humankind always has an effort to produce information and code (write) it in order to keep the information permanent. While information has been produced before the invention of computer was subjected to the process of reading on the basis of tactual materials (such as clay, rock, papyrus, paper); whereas together with the spread of computers and internet, information has begun to be produced in the electronic environment and offered to readers in this environment. The purpose of this study was to investigate high school students’ habit of reading printed and e-books comparatively within the context of certain variables. In line with this purpose, semi-structured interview technique which is among qualitative data collection techniques, was used in the study. Target population of the study consisted of fourth-grade high school students having education in a city center of Central Anatolia in the 2019-2020 academic year. In this context 51 students were included in the study survey. In order to collect the study data, face-to-face interviews were conducted with students using a semi-structured interview form which was developed by the researchers and the data acquired were recorded in both written and audial forms. At the end of interviews, the data were analyzed via content analysis method and various concepts and correlations were analyzed in line with the purpose of study. According to the results of the research, it was concluded that while most of high school students preferred to read from the printed book, they generally have low-level book reading and also the readers.

ANAHTAR KELİMELER: High school student, printed book, e-book, reading habit

KEYWORDS: High school student, printed book, e-book, reading habit

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