Review of “What Readers Do: Aesthetic and Moral Practices of a Post-Digital Age” by Beth Driscoll

Laura Citaku; Pema Frick; Moniek M. Kuijpers

doi:10.61645/ssol.196

Review of “What Readers Do: Aesthetic and Moral Practices of a Post-Digital Age” by Beth Driscoll

Scientific Study of Literature

Volume 13 (2024): Issue 1

By: Laura Citaku , Pema Frick and Moniek M. Kuijpers

Open Access

|Dec 2024

Abstract

A review of the book What Readers Do: Aesthetic and Moral Practices of a Post-Digital Age by Beth Driscoll, presenting a Reader-Centered Networks Model for Contemporary Reading Studies to be used both in research and teaching.

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Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61645/ssol.196 | Journal eISSN: 2210-4380

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Language: English

Page range: 54 - 57

Submitted on: Nov 26, 2024

Accepted on: Dec 3, 2024

Published on: Dec 12, 2024

Published by: International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

reading research,

social reading,

private reading,

post-digital reading,

reader-centered framework

© 2024 Laura Citaku, Pema Frick, Moniek M. Kuijpers, published by International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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