Social Reading in Context of New Technologies: History, Types, Projects

• Main Author: Weronika Kortas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika 2018-02-01
• Series: Toruńskie Studia Bibliologiczne
• Subjects: social reading; czytanie społeczne; the golden notebook projekt; the open utopia; thorn; bob stein; czytanie online
• Online Access: https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/TSB/article/view/14603

Social reading is a phenomenon that engages people in group reading. The aim of this article is to explain social reading with special regard to its online type. As a concept, social reading is quite simple. It is based on the belief that people want to share what they have read, their thoughts, and comments etc. with others so they can receive feedback. Technology is an obvious and natural enabler for those needs. Thanks to that, reading which is associated with the „alone time” becomes a social experience. On the grounds of analysis of texts relevant to the subject, this article discusses essence of social reading – its development, various definitions and types and it presents selected social reading projects.