To be a Bookeater: Literary debate in adolescent reading culture

Rasmus Grøn; Anne-Mette Bech Albrechtslund

doi:10.7146/mediekultur.v36i67.114503

To be a Bookeater: Literary debate in adolescent reading culture

Rasmus Grøn, Anne-Mette Bech Albrechtslund

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Abstract

Today, adolescent fiction readers are increasingly engaged in different forms of "social reading" in online communities. Through an analysis of Bookeater.dk, a Danish site for adolescent readers, we show how a communal reader identity is constructed by predominant conceptions of reading among users of the site and how this influences literary value assessment. Overall, the article argues that the
young readers' adherence to this communal identity creates a culture of

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research
Vol/bind	67
Sider (fra-til)	121-140
ISSN	0900-9671
DOI	https://doi.org/10.7146/mediekultur.v36i67.114503
Status	Udgivet - 2020

Emneord

Reading; Literature; Fiction; Adolescence; Social Media; Community

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10.7146/mediekultur.v36i67.114503

https://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/114503/166529

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