¿Qué leen los adolescentes españoles? Un estudio de los consumos de lectura analógica

Abstract

This work is part of the project “Determining factors in the reading habits of secondary school students. A study from the variables of the educational context” (PR2017040), funded by the Own Research Plan of the University of Cádiz. The main objective is to know the reading consumption of Spanish teenagers. Specifically, the consumption of analog reading of students of 1st year of Compulsory Secondary Education in Spain is studied. A sample of students from the province of Cádiz (n=664) and from other Spanish provinces (n=192) responded to a questionnaire about their reading habits. It allowed, in the first instance, to determine if informants enjoy reading and, later, to gather information about what and in what format they read, the criteria on which they are based to choose their readings, how much time they dedicate to read and where they get their readings. The results indicate that this sector of the population prefers reading adventure books, chooses books by subject, reads more during holidays and uses their own books. However, it is confirmed that the development of the reading habit is still a subject to pass.

Empirical approach to the gender gap in students’ reading consumption in international contexts

“…Regarding the main effects, the differences between means with gender are significant both in the Spanish sample and in the samples from the rest of the countries, so girls tend to be guided more frequently by external factors when choosing a book than boys ( Artola et al, 2017 ; Griffin and Mindrila, 2023 ). Regarding the results by subsections, the most recurrent criterion when selecting a book is “attracted to the topic,” but the criteria “recommended by friends” and “recommended by family” are also commonly selected before” recommended by teacher.” These results coincide with previous research ( Trigo et al, 2020a ; González-Ramírez et al, 2022 ).…”

“…Furthermore, there are significant differences between the reading frequency of boys and girls from other countries that do not occur in the Spanish sample, where the recorded means are more similar in the two genders. As for the types of reading, adventure books registered a greater frequency of reading in all populations, unlike other genres that are more frequent in girls than in boys, such as romance ( Munson-Warnken, 2017 ; González-Ramírez et al, 2020 ; Trigo et al, 2020a ).…”

“…Likewise, gender and country were taken as independent variables, distinguishing between the sample taken in different parts of Spain and that of other countries (Chile, Poland, and Portugal). In previous works, we assessed the analog reading consumption of adolescents ( Trigo et al, 2020a ) and the reading preferences of young people regarding the medium: digital or paper ( Santos-Díaz et al, 2023 ).…”

“…In accordance with the above, it is vitally important to know the reading habits of citizens since the possible deficits found will contribute to the programming of effective strategies from both an educational and social point of view. Thus, an entire trend has been developed aimed at knowing these reading habits in Primary Education ( Artola et al, 2013 , 2017 ; Pérez-Parejo et al, 2018a , b ; Scholes, 2019 ; Jaraíz et al, 2022 ; Agrelo-Costas et al, 2023 ), in Secondary Education ( Muñoz and Hernández, 2011 ; González-Ramírez et al, 2020 ; Romero-Oliva et al, 2020 ; Trigo et al, 2020a ; González-Ramírez et al, 2022 ), and in Higher Education ( Yubero and Larrañaga, 2015 ; Pérez Parejo et al, 2019 ; Johansson, 2021 ; Escalante et al, 2023 ). This exploration of reading habits has not only been carried out in the mother tongue, it also transcends to other languages ( Pérez-Parejo et al, 2018a ; Castillo-Rodríguez and Santos-Díaz, 2022 ).…”