Lies of the reader: Disadvantages of the sociological research methods for the study of the reading

Abstract: The research problems of this study are the difficulties in the explanation of the phenomenon of reading in its accelerated transformations by quantitative sociological methods, because of failure to comply with a number of factors: first, the social aspects of the purchase, consumption and possession of reading materials have not yet been reading; second, reading is both asocial and social activity; third, the reader is not social status, social class, social group or social role. Author's hypothesis: the most accessible and authoritative audience methods for study of the reading – sociological research methods, are unable to disclose the specifics of the reader and reading, they provide limited data only on the outer side of the reading activity, for its quantitative indicators but do not reach to the knowledge about the nature and the reasons both for the reading and not reading. The object of this study is the use of sociological research methods in the study of the reader and

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: European Journal of Contemporary Education ; 7 (2018) 1 ; 190-213

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2018
Creator
Tsvetkova, Milena

DOI
10.13187/ejced.2018.1.190
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019072713145029379132
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Tsvetkova, Milena

Time of origin

  • 2018

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