In this paper we will be looking at children’s reading habits, their attitudes towards reading, and whether or not the presence of digital technology such as television or computers have any effect on said reading habits. The material of the study will be collected via group interviews with students at age nine to ten at two different schools in neighbouring towns in the south of Sweden. The parents of the students have all been informed of the study, and approved of their children taking part of it. The purpose of interviewing the students directly, and not to their parents or teachers, is that the chance of them giving relevant and thoughtful answers increase of they are treated as individuals with thoughts and opinions of their own. The study shows that most of the students read with the purpose of school assignments and while most of them don’t mind reading, not many do it for pleasure if there are possibilities of other activities offered instead. Some of these other activities do involve screen time, but many also enjoy being active and spending time with their friends and families.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-89199 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Halléni, Elin |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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