Paper Catalog and Digital Catalog - Reading Behaviors of College Students in Taiwan

U.S. and Chilean College Students' Reading Practices: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

“…Reading digital print can be embedded in traditional leisure reading. The findings indicated that reading practices have changed since the 1990s because digitization has become an integral part of today's students' lives and learning patterns (Huang et al., ; Lin et al., ). These online features have the potential to reduce the amount of time spent on conventional academic and extracurricular reading endeavors for U.S. college students (Huang & Capps, ; Huang et al., ; Jolliffe & Harl, ).…”

“…Textbook costs are also high for Chilean college students (Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe, ; Fundación La Fuente, ). For many college students, e‐books are now more ubiquitously accessible and affordable than traditional print books (e.g., Drake, ; Lin et al., ; Rainie & Duggan, ). The Internet and the latest Web applications lead students to quickly develop skills in using the latest technological devices for reading and learning (e.g., Blair, ; Foasberg, ; Leu et al., ).…”

“…Literacy research has shown that the Internet is rapidly transforming reading patterns, as new information and global communication technologies add to social practices and learning skills (Baker, ; Gee, ; Lankshear & Knobel, ). This trend has also rapidly changed college students' reading practices from linear printed materials to nonlinear on‐screen reading (Huang et al., ; Lin, Yen, Hsu, Jin, & Lin, ). More specifically, social media websites (e.g., Facebook) have welcomed college‐age users to connect to the world through their networks (Peters, Winschiers‐Theophilus, & Mennecke, ).…”