A Comparison of Digital Reading Behaviors Among Graduate Students in
Taiwan and The USA
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Title
A Comparison of Digital Reading Behaviors Among Graduate Students in
Taiwan and The USA
Taiwan and The USA
Subject
Digital reading; User studies; Pierre Bourdieu
Description
This is a comparative study on digital reading behaviors between students in Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies (GLIS) in
National Taiwan Normal University and School of Information Studies (SOIS) in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. By making a connection
between their habits and various forms of capital that may shape their reading behaviors, this study adopts a qualitative approach to focus on
the four key concepts of Bourdieu’s practice theory: habitus, economic capital, cultural capital, and social capital to analyze the factors that
influence digital-reading behaviors. The results indicate that the graduate students' digital reading behavior is influenced mostly by their family,
school and library. Graduate students like to use electronic resources (online database and the Internet) to conduct academic research and still
prefer print textbooks. When comes to digital reading, in GLIS, students with more than two digital reading devices tend to get free digital
contents from various sources. However, in SOIS, students with more than one digital reading service tend to purchase digital contents from the
Internet. Graduate students’ reading behaviours might be influenced by their economic capital.
National Taiwan Normal University and School of Information Studies (SOIS) in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. By making a connection
between their habits and various forms of capital that may shape their reading behaviors, this study adopts a qualitative approach to focus on
the four key concepts of Bourdieu’s practice theory: habitus, economic capital, cultural capital, and social capital to analyze the factors that
influence digital-reading behaviors. The results indicate that the graduate students' digital reading behavior is influenced mostly by their family,
school and library. Graduate students like to use electronic resources (online database and the Internet) to conduct academic research and still
prefer print textbooks. When comes to digital reading, in GLIS, students with more than two digital reading devices tend to get free digital
contents from various sources. However, in SOIS, students with more than one digital reading service tend to purchase digital contents from the
Internet. Graduate students’ reading behaviours might be influenced by their economic capital.
Creator
Suyu Lin 1,*, Chia-Hsiang Chen 2, Hao-Ren Ke
Date
2021
Contributor
PERI IRAWAN
Format
PDF
Language
ENGLISH
Type
TEXT
Files
Collection
Citation
Suyu Lin 1,*, Chia-Hsiang Chen 2, Hao-Ren Ke, “A Comparison of Digital Reading Behaviors Among Graduate Students in
Taiwan and The USA,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed June 28, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/9260.
Taiwan and The USA,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed June 28, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/9260.