In Print or On Screen? Investigating the Reading Habits of Undergraduate Students Using Photo-Diaries and Photo-Interviews

摘要: This study explores the decision-making process that students engage in when choosing between reading texts print or on screen. issue is of key importance to planners and policy makers libraries universities at large, but has never been investigated systematically. quantitative a research population twelve undergraduate uses photo-diaries, documenting behaviour over three days, followed by individual photo-interviews. The initially establishes an inventory perceived advantages disadvantages versus These are weighted subdivided into five categories: attitudes, economic factors, physical health wellbeing, affordances, engagement with text. Using this framework, each these factors readers' actual choices assessed for both study-related leisure reading, across broad range document types. Particular focus role attitudes process. also highlights seriousness distraction caused computers screen; problem largely ignored underrated current literature. demonstrates how application visual sociology methods ― particularly use digital cameras can be employed successfully library behaviour, prompt readers recall their experiences, reflect express beliefs.