TY  - GEN
AU  - Lauristin,Marju
AU  - Vihalemm,Peeter
TI  - Reading in changing society
T2  - Studies in Reading and Book Culture
SN  - OAPEN_496790
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Tartu
PB  - University of Tartu Press
KW  - Library & information sciences
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Communication studies
KW  - Social & cultural history
KW  - Society & culture: general
KW  - digital era
KW  - library practices
KW  - readers
KW  - book consumption
KW  - books
KW  - reading policies
KW  - reading preferences
KW  - printed word
KW  - reading
KW  - E-book
KW  - Estonia
KW  - Finland
KW  - Internet
KW  - Public library
KW  - Sweden
N1  - Open Access
N2  - The changing state of reading and its fate in the digitalised world is one of the core issues in the contemporary debates about the future of culture. The central position of the printed word, and primarily, books as the most valuable cultural medium and the main source of knowledge, are becoming questioned in the age of the Internet. Reading as gateway to the world of fantasies has been challenged by powerful audiovisual media. Is the pleasure of reading as a creative process involving imagination and self-cognition disappearing, and being replaced by the quick exchange of impressions and images in social media? Are these critical notes and concerns about the future of reading just rapid generalisations and misunderstandings, evoked by the invasion of new technologies in the old and well-established world of books? The articles gathered here represent empirical studies, theoretical and historical reflections on the changes in the world of books and reading in the Baltic and Nordic countries, as well as descriptions of the new library practices that reflect the creative efforts to adapt to the changing social and technological environment
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33373/1/496790.pdf
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33373/1/496790.pdf
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33373/1/496790.pdf
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29274
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