Abstract
THE ATTITUDES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS SCREEN READING
In today’s world, young or old every person communicates each other and obtains information by reading e-texts on electronic devices such as computers, mobile phones and TVs. Considering this rationale, this study aims at identifying the attitudes of secondary/high school students towards screen reading and investigating the results according to various variables.
The sample of the study was created with random sampling method from secondary/high school students in Giresun city centre (N=480).
The students’ personal information such as gender, age, family information and reading habits were gathered through Personal Information Form and the students’ attitudes towards screen reading were determined through Attitude Scale for Screen Reading. The data were analysed using SPSS (Average, t test, One Way Anova test etc.). At the end of the research, it was found that attitude to have moderate (X=2,85) of secondary/high school students. In the light of findings, there were recommendations for teaching reading and communication process.
Keywords
Reading, screen reading, electronic reading, e-book, obtaining information, communication.