Práticas de leitura no livro eletrônico

Abstract

Studies focused on reading practices date back to the fact that different reading media provide different practices. This work consists in a bibliographical research that applies Discursive Textual Analyses as data analysis procedure, in order to answer the following guiding question: How are the reading practices constituted in electronic book? The study object consists of twenty-five scientific papers, recovered in searches conducted in CAPES Journals Portal, published between 2012 and 2014, in Portuguese and English language. The theoretical framework involves three emphases: Book's Historicity, Reading Practices and Digital Reading. For the book's historicity, the different supports used for the book throughout history are discussed, as well as, the evolution of the book and text from printed to electronic format. In reading practice, it is discussed how the different supports and media provide new sensory abilities that affects the way of reading and results in new types of readers. On digital reading, questions about the reading on the digital screen, the revolution and deterritorialization of text since hyperlink, and the tool and hypermedia application in reading practices are the topics covered on this work. The Interactivity, Reading Purpose and Sustainability categories emerged from the analysis. The analysis results indicate that the reading practices in e-book are constituted from Reading Purpose, which can be done for study or leisure. As for the Interactivity of reader with the e-book, it can be accomplished through available connectivity, tools and hypermedia. Finally, economic and environmental sustainability has shown to be important for the adoption of the electronic book in society. It is also evidenced how the problems in the current devices and e-book reading formats are harming the reader's interactivity and consequently the reading practices. The research presents future advances possibilities in research related to reading practice in the electronic book, either by focusing on specific devices or formats, or by the entry of the electronic book in educational policies that involve the textbook.