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Bimantara, Varidh, Rengga Asmara, and Nur Rasyid Mubtadai. "OPTIMASI MESIN PENCARI BUKU FIKSI BERDASARKAN PADA SEMANTIK IMPRESI." METHODIKA: Jurnal Teknik Informatika dan Sistem Informasi 51, no. 1 (March 10, 2019): 30–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.46880/mtk.v5i1.415.
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Fiction books are one of the most popular books in Indonesia. There are five most popular genres in fiction books, namely fantasy, mystery, romance, sci-fi, and thriller. Each genre gives a different impression and its own fans for the reader. It is common practice when people choose fiction books based on the title, author, or publisher of the book. However, this does not provide precise search results. In this final project, an application system was developed to find out fiction books based on the semantic impressions contained on the cover of the fiction book. The impression on each book cover is obtained through a survey of fiction book lovers in Indonesia. To get the results of the proximity between the user search and the impression survey data obtained through text mining, as well as the cosine similarity algorithm to calculate the most precise proximity value to the impression expected by the user. The results of this system display fiction books that have the most precise proximity value to the impression expected by the user.
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Asmara, Rengga, Nur Rasyid Mubtadai, and Varidh Bimantara. "OPTIMASI MESIN PENCARI BUKU FIKSI BERDASARKAN PADA SEMANTIK IMPRESI." METHOMIKA Jurnal Manajemen Informatika dan Komputerisasi Akuntansi 5, no. 1 (April 30, 2021): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.46880/jmika.vol5no1.pp1-8.
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Fiction books are one of the most popular types of books in Indonesia. There are five most popular genres in fiction books, namely fantasy, mystery, romance, sci-fi, and thriller. Each genre gives a different impression and special interest for readers. It has become a common habit when people choose a fiction book based on the title, author, or publisher of the book. However, it does not provide precise search results. In this final project, an application system was developed to find out fiction books based on semantic impressions on the cover of the fiction book. The impression on each book cover is obtained through a survey of fiction book lovers in Indonesia. To get the results of the closeness between the user search and the impression survey data obtained through text mining, as well as the cosine similarity algorithm to calculate the most precise proximity value to the impression the user expects. The results of this system display a fiction book that has a closeness value with an error rate of 3.93% based on the impression expected by the user.
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Wachsmann, Melanie. "Book Review: Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens." Reference & User Services Quarterly 55, no. 1 (September 25, 2015): 70. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rusq.55n1.70.
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This book should be required reading for anyone working with teens. Cart and Jenkins have compiled a list of LGBTQ-themed books comprising fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and professional resources. Both the fiction and graphic novel sections include codes to indicate whether the book’s themes include “homosexual visibility,” “gay assimilation,” and/or “queer consciousness.” Additional information about the meaning and use of these codes is presented in the appendix.
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Scholz, David F., and James J. Forest. "Effects of Fictional, Autobiographical and Self-Help Literature on Personality Measures." Psychological Reports 80, no. 1 (February 1997): 91–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1997.80.1.91.
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This study evaluated three types of books under different reading conditions and using two measures of personality. Data from 163 women were analyzed in a 3 × 2 × 2 multivariate design, with control groups, which varied type of book (fiction, autobiography, self-help), reading condition (supervised and unsupervised), and order of testing (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and Personal Orientation Inventory). None of the groups who received books to read had mean scores significantly different from those of the control groups. However, the group reading the self-help book had significantly higher scores on scales of self-actualization than the groups using fictional or autobiographical books.
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Armstrong, Rebecca M., Jessica Paynter, and Marleen F. Westerveld. "Fiction or non-fiction: Parent-reported book preferences of their preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder." Autism & Developmental Language Impairments 4 (January 2019): 239694151989673. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2396941519896736.
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Background and aims Children’s early interactions with books are important for fostering development of oral language and emergent literacy skills. It is not known whether children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder show different preferences for text types in the home environment prior to school entry. The current study aimed to: (i) investigate parent-reports of the favourite books of their children with autism spectrum disorder compared to typically developing children and (ii) identify whether there are differences in the reasons why books were preferred across the two groups. Methods Participants included children (aged 26–70 months) with autism spectrum disorder ( n = 41) and typically developing peers ( n = 164). Parent-reports of their child’s current favourite book/s were coded as fiction versus non-fiction and also category type. Parents also reported why the book was considered a favourite and this was coded. Results There were no differences between groups for fiction versus non-fiction, with both groups preferring fiction (>95% of responses). A strong category preference for animal topics across both groups was present. Significant group differences were found when asked to select specific reasons for favourite book preferences. Conclusions This study provides preliminary evidence of similarities between preschool children with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing peers’ preferences for fiction books during the early years. Implications It should not be assumed that children with autism spectrum disorder have different preferences for book types compared to typically developing children in the early years of development. Providing preschoolers with a range of book types during the preschool years will help to facilitate early language and emergent literacy skills.
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Davidson, Meghan M., and Susan Ellis Weismer. "A preliminary investigation of parent-reported fiction versus non-fiction book preferences of school-age children with autism spectrum disorder." Autism & Developmental Language Impairments 3 (January 2018): 239694151880610. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2396941518806109.
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Background & aims Anecdotal evidence suggests that individuals with autism spectrum disorder prefer non-fiction books over fiction books. The current study was the first to investigate parent-reports of children with autism spectrum disorder’s fiction and non-fiction book preferences and whether these relate to individual differences in social communication, oral language, and/or reading abilities. Method Children (ages 8–14 years, M = 10.89, SD = 1.17) with autism spectrum disorder diagnoses ( n = 19) and typically developing peers ( n = 21) participated. Children completed standardized measures of social communication, oral language, and reading abilities. Parents reported children’s current favorite book, and from these responses, we coded children’s fiction versus non-fiction book preferences. Main contribution Contrary to anecdotal evidence, children with autism spectrum disorder preferred fiction similar to their typically developing peers. Fiction versus non-fiction book preference was significantly related to social communication abilities across both groups. Children’s oral language and reading abilities were related, as expected, but the evidence for a relationship between social communication and reading comprehension was mixed. Conclusions This study provides preliminary evidence supporting the association of social communication in fiction versus non-fiction book preference, which may be related to children’s comprehension and support the theoretical role of social communication knowledge in narrative/fiction. Implications It should not be assumed that all children with autism spectrum disorder prefer expository/non-fiction or do not read narrative/fiction. Children who prefer non-fiction may need additional social communication knowledge support to improve their understanding of narrative fiction.
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Self, Will, and Laurent Bury. "L’éternelle fiction de l’amour." Books N° 82, no. 3 (March 1, 2017): 39–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/books.082.0039.
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Wadham, Rachel Lynn, Andrew P. Garrett Garrett, and Emily N. Garrett. "Historical Fiction Picture Books." Journal of Culture and Values in Education 2, no. 2 (June 27, 2019): 57–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.46303/jcve.02.02.4.
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Historical fiction picture books represent a small subset of titles in the broader scope of the format. However, these books are important to both readers and educators. As books are used in educational settings it is critical to assess their effectiveness in helping teach children. This is especially true of historical fiction which generates its own unique challenges. To deeply assess historical fiction picture books we gathered and analyzed a sampling of 126 titles to assess trends in the genre. We found that there were multiple conflicts between the genre and format. There were many books in the sample that struggled with directing the content to a young audience, giving a accurate portrayal of race issues, and maintaining general authenticity and accuracy in the writing. There were also some notable examples of historical picture books that did not display these faults, showing that with the right content and approach, historical fiction picture books have the potential to be invaluable tools for teaching children.
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Abu Hasan, Suzanawati, Teoh Yeong Kin, and Diana Sirmayunie Mohd Nasir. "Optimizing Bookstore Production Using Fuzzy Linear Programming." Journal of Computing Research and Innovation 3, no. 3 (November 13, 2018): 14–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/jcrinn.v3i3.81.
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The world Reader bookstore has a structured collection of books neatly arranged on shelves. The question is how the bookstore should keep the shelves full and make profit at the same time. Books are expensive due to the building tax that the business owner needs to pay, along with the tax imposed on each book. Hence, a bookstore owner will typically increase the prices of the books to make profit. Due to the high prices, people are keener to buy books through online store. Thus, this study is conducted to optimize books needed to be sold in a bookstore using the fuzzy linear programming approach. This study will focus more on fiction and non-fiction books that are available in the bookstore, which will help the bookstore to achieve its highest profit in the future. The result shows that the profit in a closed interval of [RM209016.00, RM348691.20] was obtained once the fiction and non-fiction books were [0 unit, 8000 units] and [4000 units, 4000 units]. Based on the findings of the study, other businesses can also use this method in to optimize their business in the future.
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Todd, Emmanuel, and Baptiste Touverey. "Notre monde de science-fiction." Books N° 93, no. 12 (December 3, 2018): 89–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/books.093.0089.
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Sullivan, Emilie P., and William Nielsen. "Teacher to Teacher: Fictional Literature in Mathematics." Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School 1, no. 8 (January 1996): 646–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.5951/mtms.1.8.0646.
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We have noticed that a number of fictional books for middle schoolers reinforce language-arts skills but few have episodes involving mathematics. Children featured in fiction often read books for pleasure or information. They write journals and refer to characters from books. Books may even portray children trying to teach other children how to read. But how often do middlelevel fictional books mention mathematics in such contexts? Do literary characters use mathematics in everyday situations? Do they teach others how to solve mathematics problems? What attitudes toward mathematics are projected in fictional works?
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Fuchs, Michael, and Christy Tidwell. "Anthropocene, Nature, and the Gothic: An Interview with Christy Tidwell." REDEN. Revista Española de Estudios Norteamericanos 3, no. 2 (May 15, 2022): 100–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.37536/reden.2022.3.1818.
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Christy Tidwell is an associate professor of English and humanities at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and she is one of the leaders of the ecomedia interest group at the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and the Digital Strategies Coordinator at ASLE as well. Christy is the co-editor of the volumes Gender and Environment in Science Fiction (Lexington Books, 2018) and Fear and Nature: Ecohorror Studies in the Anthropocene (Penn State UP, 2021) and a special issue of Science Fiction Film and Television on creature features. Her essays have appeared in journals such as Extrapolation, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment, and Gothic Nature. She has also contributed to volumes such as Posthuman Biopolitics: The Science Fiction of Joan Slonczewski (Palgrave, 2020), Fiction and the Sixth Mass Extinction: Narrative in an Era of Loss (Lexington Books, 2020), and Creatural Fictions: Human-Animal Relationships in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Literature (Palgrave, 2016).
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Holgate, Ben. "A New World Literature Canon." Journal of World Literature 7, no. 3 (September 9, 2022): 427–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24056480-00703008.
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Abstract Scholarly debate about world literature often relegates non-fiction as secondary to fiction. This article argues that non-fiction is as important as fiction, and uses the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award as a case study. Although the FT award focuses on business, it has a wider cultural impact influencing academia, global media, and literature. After seventeen years, the award’s consistent quality of longlisted books has created a canon that has genuine literary value. My analysis of the award demonstrates that the finalists and winners have been concentrated in terms of author’s country of work, author’s profession, and primary subject. This concentration can be partly explained by the dominance of the US in the publishing of business books as well as by the mechanics of the award’s selection process. The FT award also prompts a discussion about the merits of a literary award that embraces both fiction and non-fiction.
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Sutanto, Shienny Megawati, and Marina Wardaya. "How to Use Iconic Image Illustration to Increase Selling Value of Fiction Works." Winners 18, no. 2 (September 30, 2017): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/tw.v18i2.4008.
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This research aimed to find out how to use iconic images illustration to increase selling value of fiction works. The theoretical basis of this research was visual communication design, illustration, color, and semiotics. The method used in this research was qualitative research by doing interviews with experts who are experienced in publishing and illustration field. Another method used was observing children and fiction books which use iconic image illustration to attract consumer’s interest in order to increase books sales. The results of this study show that fiction books with iconic image illustration images have the positive response from consumers who show their interest and desire to buy them. Moreover, these results are expected to be useful for the creative industry, especially the sub-sector publishing industry when designing illustrations to be used in a book.
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Krusemark, Renee. "Teaching with Batman and Sherlock: Exploring student perceptions of leadership using fiction, comic books, and Jesuit ideals." Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership 2, no. 1 (May 14, 2016): 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.17062/cjil.v2i1.32.
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<p>Employers seek college graduates with leadership skills, but studies indicate not all students graduate with leadership ability. Furthermore, an interdisciplinary perspective of leadership implies that leadership learning and ability can be achieved with a variety of methods. This study sought to understand how reading fiction, including comic books and traditional books, engages undergraduate student perceptions of leadership. A group (N = 17) of community college students first read a Batman comic book, The Long Halloween, and then read a traditional (no images) book, A Study in Scarlet, the first Sherlock Holmes story. Participant perceptions of leadership were collected using structured surveys. The study determined that participant perceptions of leadership in the comic book were formed similarly to perceptions of leadership in the traditional book, although slight differences were noted. The study’s findings suggest that (a) fiction can engage student perceptions of leadership and (b) comic books can provide educational readings similar to traditional (no images) books.</p>
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Bold, Melanie Ramdarshan, and Corinna Norrick-Rühl. "The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and Man Booker International Prize Merger." Logos 28, no. 3 (November 30, 2017): 7–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1878-4712-11112131.
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There is a dramatic imbalance of cultural output in the global publishing industry. English-language publishers are disinclined to translate and publish foreign language books as a result of the popularity of English-language books and the high costs of translation. Three per cent is the oft-quoted number that indicates that foreign fiction in translation makes up only a minimal part of the UK book trade. This lack of bibliodiversity may have serious cultural consequences. There are thus several national and international initiatives to promote the publication and cultural capital of works in translation in order to reach a wider audience. Book prizes are generally understood to have a positive impact on the discoverability of a title and consequent sales; winning authors, as well as those on the longlist and shortlist of prestigious prizes, can expect a significant boost in sales of the books in question. But in a culture where translated foreign fiction titles represent only a small percentage of books published, does this phenomenon extend to prizes for translated foreign fiction? This paper explores the—audience-building and sales-generating—impact of the UK’s most prestigious award for literature in translation, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (IFFP), in particular in light of the prize’s recent merger with the Man Booker International Prize (MBIP), and speculates whether this may help with the ‘three per cent problem’.
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Ilyas, Safa. "Psychological Effects of Sadaat Hasan Manto’s Fiction on Youth of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan." Media and Communication Review 1, no. 2 (December 26, 2021): 19–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.32350/mcr.12.06.
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This study aims to look at the idea that Manto straightforwardly expounded on man and woman’s intimate relationships. Reading fiction, dramatizations and books are similarly impacted personalities of the readers as visual screenplays, Manto's fiction engravings in all accessible mediums of print and electronic although quotes from his fictions likewise broadly tune in and share in online communities. This persistence of his work accessibility and appreciation touched the researcher to deal with his fiction to check its psychological effects on the youth of Lahore. This inquiry is strengthened by the reader-response theory to identify the youth perception and understandings about his fictions and Uses and Gratification for the resolutions and intentions of youth to escalate his work. The quantitative survey method utilized, and data collected with Purposive sampling, 500 respondents were chosen, the findings of the study showed, that Manto's fictions make anxiety and eroticism in youth along with this his fictions create mindfulness about social taboo`s and social associations.
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Ilyas, Safa. "Psychological Effects of Sadaat Hasan Manto’s Fiction on Youth of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan." Media and Communication Review 1, no. 2 (December 26, 2021): 19–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.32350/mcr.12.06.
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This study aims to look at the idea that Manto straightforwardly expounded on man and woman’s intimate relationships. Reading fiction, dramatizations and books are similarly impacted personalities of the readers as visual screenplays, Manto's fiction engravings in all accessible mediums of print and electronic although quotes from his fictions likewise broadly tune in and share in online communities. This persistence of his work accessibility and appreciation touched the researcher to deal with his fiction to check its psychological effects on the youth of Lahore. This inquiry is strengthened by the reader-response theory to identify the youth perception and understandings about his fictions and Uses and Gratification for the resolutions and intentions of youth to escalate his work. The quantitative survey method utilized, and data collected with Purposive sampling, 500 respondents were chosen, the findings of the study showed, that Manto's fictions make anxiety and eroticism in youth along with this his fictions create mindfulness about social taboo`s and social associations.
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Trojanow, Ilija, and Alexandre Lévy. "Ilija Trojanow : « La fiction contre la fausse histoire »." Books N° 92, no. 11 (November 2, 2018): 12–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/books.092.0012.
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Sinha, Parthiva. "Liquidation, Malady, Post-existence in Steve Toltz’s Here Goes Nothing." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 7, no. 4 (2022): 104–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.74.16.
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Here Goes Nothing is a combination of love, fear, and after-life. In this story, the author has tried to combine fiction and humour elements. The entire story has been told by a dead man called Angus Mooney. The book is the continuation of parts of his other two books, A Fraction of the Whole (2008) and Quicksand (2015). All of his books are written with a purpose, such as the fear of death and the fear of life in his previous books, and the fear of criticism from others in Here Goes Nothing. Thus, this is also known to be a dark comedy that represents the scenario of the afterlife. The book has been criticized by a good number of people, and as the book has shown the elements of the afterlife, it has also established a fictional aspect. Henceforth, the book has been presented with different outlooks, and as the story has been narrated by an angry, aesthetic murdered man, it has been criticized by a lot of people.
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Dennis, Megan. "Combinations to Reflect All Nations." Logos 30, no. 3 (January 20, 2020): 33–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18784712-03003002.
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As Children’s Laureate 2013–2015, Malorie Blackman raised awareness of the lack of racial diversity in children’s fiction. Underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in fiction and the publishing industry’s infrastructure is a severe problem in the world of children’s books, as illuminated by research into the publishing environment of the past 15 years, and the books populating current bestseller charts. Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of economic and symbolic capital is important to understanding how diversity is highlighted in the contemporary literary field, but his polarization of the different form of capital as motivation for creating art is reductive. Storytelling is about combining voices and experiences, and publishers can, and should, combine economic and symbolic motivations in publishing diverse fiction for children. Publishing a book because it will be successful economically and because it is the right thing to do are not mutually exclusive; in publishing diverse children’s fiction, both motives can and should inspire us.
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Zlatnar Moe, Marija, and Tanja Žigon. "When the audience changes." Translation and Interpreting Studies 15, no. 2 (April 8, 2020): 242–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/tis.20015.zla.
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Abstract Much is expected to change when a work of fiction is translated from one language and culture to another, but the intended reader is not. This paper deals with the issue of the change of the intended reader from adult to child/adolescent in translations of fiction from English into Slovene. The intended reader is most likely to change in translations of comics/cartoons, fantasy, and realistic fiction with child or animal protagonists. The reasons for the change can be both textual and extra-textual: on the one hand, books are categorized as children’s books by libraries, award boards and marketers, as well as by the publisher’s choice of translator, while, on the other hand, individual translation decisions on the microlevel can help move a book from one category to another.
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Ohmann, Richard. "Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature." Radical Teacher 113 (February 14, 2019): 23–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/rt.2019.575.
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Williams, Heather R. "Free E-Books May Increase Print Sales: A Study With Mixed Results." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 6, no. 1 (March 16, 2011): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8fs7c.
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Hilton, J. III, & Wiley, D. (2010). The short-term influence of free digital versions of books on print sales. Journal of Electronic Publishing, 13(1).
Objective – To determine whether the availability of free digital versions of books impacts print sales.
Design – Quantitative data comparison.
Setting – University Instructional Psychology Department.
Subjects – A total of 41 books, each with a free digital version and a traditional print version.
Methods – This study used Nielson BookScan data to track print book sales during a 16-week period, 8 weeks before a free digital version of the book became available and 8 weeks after the availability of the free digital version. The authors tracked 41 books and organized them into four categories. The first included 7 nonfiction books, the second consisted of 5 science fiction/fantasy books, the third included 5 science fiction/fantasy books released together by Random House, and the fourth group consisted of 24 science fiction/fantasy books released by Tor Books. The books released by Tor Books, unlike the other books in the study, were available by free download only if a person registered for Tor’s newsletter and the downloads were only available for one week. When a free digital book from any of the other three groups was released, it remained available for several weeks, and more often, indefinitely.
Main Results – Combined print sales of the nonfiction titles in the first group increased 5% after the release of a free digital copy. The majority of the science fiction/fantasy books in the second group also had an increase in post-free release sales, with a combined increase of 26%. The combined sales of the Random House titles increased by 9% after the release of the free digital versions. However, in stark contrast to the results of the first three groups, the fourth group of Tor books had a combined decrease in print sales of 18%. While the authors were not able to explain this difference with certainty, they point out that the Tor model for releasing the free digital books (making the free books available for only one week and requiring registration in order to download the books) was substantially different from the models used by the other publishers.
Conclusion – The study suggests a positive relationship may exist between free digital books and short-term print sales. However, the availability of free digital books did not always lead to increased print sales. The authors acknowledge a number of factors not fully accounted for, including the timing of the free digital release, the promotion it received, and the differences in the size of the audiences for the various books studied. Ultimately, however, the authors believe the data indicates that when free digital books are offered for a period of time longer than a week, without requiring registration, print sales will increase.
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Topping, Keith J. "Fiction and Non-Fiction Reading and Comprehension in Preferred Books." Reading Psychology 36, no. 4 (October 13, 2014): 350–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2013.865692.
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Babaee, Ruzbeh. "Realities of Graphic Novels: An Interview with Frederick Aldama." International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies 5, no. 3 (July 31, 2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijclts.v.5n.3p.1.
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The trend about producing and reading graphic novels has grown since the late twentieth century. These books with comic backgrounds seem to have a miraculous energy. They have been even appealing to unenthusiastic readers. They tempt people of different age groups, races and genders. They are also used for teaching ESL courses, e-learning activities, designing reality games, and teaching creative writing. If you talk to its followers, you may get the feedback that graphic novels can fulfil your demands and dreams from writing your assignments to taking you to the moon. Although many researchers have investigated the benefits of graphic novels, many faculties and librarians are still reluctant to include graphic novels in their curricula. Perhaps it is simply the attitude of many teachers and librarians that graphic novels look like a comic book, and simply are not “real” books. They have too few words, too many pictures, and lack quality to be seriously considered as literature. In the following, I, Ruzbeh Babaee, did an interview with Distinguished Professor Frederick Luis Aldama on realities of graphic novels.Aldama is a distinguished scholar and Professor of English at The Ohio State University, United States. In the departments of English and Spanish & Portuguese he is involved in teaching courses on US Latino and Latin American cultural phenomena, literature, film, music, video games, and comic books. He has founded and directed the White House Hispanic Bright Spot awarded LASER/Latino and Latin American Space for Enrichment Research. Professor Aldama won the Ohio Education Summit Award for Founding & Directing LASER in 2016. In April 2017, Aldama was awarded OSU’s Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching and inducted into the Academy of Teaching. He is the author, co-author, and editor of 30 books, including his first book of fiction/graphic fiction, Long Stories Cut Short: Fictions from the Borderlands.
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Rosdiana, Eva, Rizky Nirmala Kusumaningtyas, Putu Tessa Fadhila, Fandyka Yufriza Ali, and Annisa Lutfi Alwi. "Pojok Literasi Sebagai Upaya Peningkatan Minat Baca Siswa SDN Menampu 04 Kabupaten Jember." Journal of Community Development 3, no. 2 (August 10, 2022): 233–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.47134/comdev.v3i2.95.
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Interest in reading should be instilled from an early age, especially at school age. The fear of students coming to the library and the availability of books are internal and external factors. Both of these factors should be addressed properly. Thus, in this service, a literacy corner and book additions were held at SDN Menampu 04 Jember. There are several stages in the implementation of this service including 1) survey and observation, 2) planning, 3) implementation and 4) evaluation. A literacy corner is held in each class. In addition, 123 books, both fiction and non-fiction, were added. The books added also use Indonesian, English, and Regional languages. The publishers and authors of the added books also vary. So that it can increase reading interest from SDN Menampu 04 Jember. Procurement of literacy corners equipped with additional books can increase the reading interest of SDN Menampu 04 students. This is due to the existence of literacy corners in each class, as well as the many variations of books in SDN Menampu 04.
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Dixon, Peter, Marisa Bortolussi, and Blaine Mullins. "Judging a book by its cover." Scientific Study of Literature 5, no. 1 (November 19, 2015): 23–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ssol.5.1.02dix.
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In this experiment, we investigated whether book covers can signal sub-genre information to knowledgeable readers. Self-identified science-fiction fans and mystery fans sorted 80 randomly selected book covers from each of those genres into groups of their own devising. The sorts were used to identify similarity among books, and that similarity structure was used to measure similarity among subjects. Cluster analysis was then used to find groups of subjects who sorted similarly. Linear models were demonstrated that group membership was related to the knowledge subjects reported about the genres. This pattern of results supports the view that book covers constitute an implicit signaling system between publishers and experienced readers of a fictional genre.
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Johnson, Emma. "Ideas galore for non-fiction books." Five to Seven 1, no. 7 (November 2001): ii—iv. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/ftse.2001.1.7.16841.
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Fleener, Charlene E., and Katherine T. Bucher. "Linking Reading, Science, and Fiction Books." Childhood Education 80, no. 2 (December 2003): 76–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00094056.2004.10521261.
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Thelwall, Mike, and Karen Bourrier. "The reading background of Goodreads book club members: a female fiction canon?" Journal of Documentation 75, no. 5 (September 9, 2019): 1139–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jd-10-2018-0172.
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Purpose Despite the social, educational and therapeutic benefits of book clubs, little is known about which books participants are likely to have read. In response, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the public bookshelves of those that have joined a group within the Goodreads social network site. Design/methodology/approach Books listed as read by members of 50 large English-language Goodreads groups – with a genre focus or other theme – were compiled by author and title. Findings Recent and youth-oriented fiction dominate the 50 books most read by book club members, whilst almost half are works of literature frequently taught at the secondary and postsecondary level (literary classics). Whilst J.K. Rowling is almost ubiquitous (at least 63 per cent as frequently listed as other authors in any group, including groups for other genres), most authors, including Shakespeare (15 per cent), Goulding (6 per cent) and Hemmingway (9 per cent), are little read by some groups. Nor are individual recent literary prize winners or works in languages other than English frequently read. Research limitations/implications Although these results are derived from a single popular website, knowing more about what book club members are likely to have read should help participants, organisers and moderators. For example, recent literary prize winners might be a good choice, given that few members may have read them. Originality/value This is the first large scale study of book group members’ reading patterns. Whilst typical reading is likely to vary by group theme and average age, there seems to be a mainly female canon of about 14 authors and 19 books that Goodreads book club members are likely to have read.
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Draper, Christine A., and Pamela C. Jewett. "Books You and Your Students Need to 'Check Out'!" Georgia Journal of Literacy 39, no. 2 (October 30, 2016): 33–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.56887/galiteracy.52.
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For the past four years, both Pam and I have sat on the Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts (NCBLA) Book Aware Committee. Every year the seven member national committee selects 30 award winning titles in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry for children in grades K-8. To receive this award books must meet one or more of the following criteria: • explicitly dealing with language, such as play on words, word origins, or the history of language;• demonstrating uniqueness in the use of language or styles; • inviting child response or participation;• having an appealing format;• being of enduring quality;• meeting generally accepted criteria of quality for the genre in which they are written. This column includes several award winning titles from the 2016 NCBLA list that you may want to add to your reading list.
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Touverey, Baptiste. "Martin Zimmermann : « La cruauté des empereurs romains est une fiction »." Books N° 51, no. 2 (February 1, 2014): 20–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/books.051.0020.
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Safer, Elaine, and William T. Stafford. "Books Speaking to Books: A Contextual Approach to American Fiction." Modern Language Review 80, no. 4 (October 1985): 910. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3728979.
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Hadjadj, Sofiane, and Ève Charrin. "Sofiane Hadjadj : « En Algérie, la fiction permet de braver les interdits »." Books N° 86, no. 11 (November 2, 2017): 12–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/books.086.0012.
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Smith, Mikki. "Is “E” really for everybody? Picture books for older readers in public libraries." Education Libraries 31, no. 3 (September 5, 2017): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.26443/el.v31i3.256.
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Picture books for older readers present challenges for libraries in terms of how best to provide access to them. These books often have an “E” on the spine to indicate that they are “easy” or for “everybody,” and share lower shelves with a far greater number of picture books geared for the preschool and primary grade audience. However, this classification by format might encourage older readers to pass over these materials. At the same time, questions remain about the effectiveness of housing these picture books with juvenile fiction, or of creating separate collections. This article looks at how the picture book as a format and picture book collections are defined, as well as the variety of ways in which a small sample of picture books for older readers are currently being managed in public libraries.
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Aarseth, Espen. "Doors and Perception: Fiction vs. Simulation in Games." Jouer, no. 9 (August 10, 2011): 35–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1005528ar.
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In this paper, the author outlines a theory of the relationship of fictional, virtual and real elements in games. Not much critical attention has been paid to the concept of fiction when applied to games and game worlds, despite many books, articles and papers using the term, often in the title. Here, it is argued that game worlds and their objects are ontologically different from fictional worlds; they are empirically upheld by the game engine, rather than by our mind stimulated by verbal information. Game phenomena such as labyrinths, moreover, are evidence that games contain elements that are just as real as their equivalents outside the game, and far from equal to the fictional counterparts.
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Grendler, Paul F. "Form and Function in Italian Renaissance Popular Books." Renaissance Quarterly 46, no. 3 (1993): 451–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3039102.
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Form and Function are Closely connected in books. The physical appearance of books indicates purpose and intended readership. A combination of size, type, and page layout offers visible signals informing the reader of the content before he begins to read a book. Books that look different are different. They have different subject matters, purposes, and readerships.Anyone browsing in a bookstore in the late twentieth century knows this. Today an illustration on the cover provides the most obvious clue concerning the subject matter and purpose of a book. When the cover shows a handsome man with a scowl on his face and a gun in his hand along with a beautiful young woman in distress—and possibly some degree of undress—we know that the book is a “thriller.” When the cover shows a spaceship, we know that the book is science fiction.
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Travis, Trysh. "Middlebrow Culture in the Cold War: Books USA Advertisements, 1967." PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 128, no. 2 (March 2013): 468–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1632/pmla.2013.128.2.468.
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IN THE DECADES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II, AMERICANS WHO BELIEVED IN THE BOOK'S TRANSFORMATIVE POWER ENJOYED SHARING THEIR literary wealth with readers in the developing world. Through the Darien Book Aid Project (founded in 1949), The Freedom House Bookshelf (founded in 1958), Books USA (BUSA; founded in 1962), and other programs, they sent bundles of American paperbacks to would-be readers in countries where books were scarce and expensive. Such experiments in what international-relations scholars call people-to-people diplomacy aimed to harness the energies of America's growing middlebrow reading public to the nation's Cold War aims.Book-donation programs shared the realist aesthetic and humanist sensibility that hallmarked the Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC). Disdaining avant-garde “difficulty,” their selections foregrounded transparent language, traditional mimesis, and strong themes. Fiction, biography, and popular history were the backbone of such programs, and even selections from sociology and political thought centered on unambiguous, three-dimensional characters—individuals who embodied the Enlightenment virtues of rational thought, hard work, and tolerance.
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D. Leavitt, Jonathan, Arseny A. Ryazanov, and Nicholas J. S. Christenfeld. "Amazing but true." Scientific Study of Literature 4, no. 2 (December 31, 2014): 196–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ssol.4.2.04lea.
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People find it important to know if a story is factual, but still the most popular stories, in such forms as books and movies, are fictional. Research suggests that a story being true may add value to the reader’s experience, but other findings suggest that fiction may increase enjoyment by providing fewer disruptions to narrative comprehension. In three studies we explored the appeal of stories when they are presented as fiction or as non-fiction. Subjects read (1) story synopses, (2) vignettes from two popular websites, or (3) narratives on relationships and war. Results indicate that readers preferred stories when they were presented, externally, as non-fiction. Readers also preferred stories that seemed internally — that is, because of how they were written — like fiction. Additionally the results suggested that readers rely more heavily on factual stories to update their notions of reality. This study contributes to a body of literature on reader enjoyment in relation to truth labels made explicit or implicit in narratives as well as on the efficacy of arts-based research.
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Hombrecher, Hartmut, and Judith Wassiltschenko. "The Well-Worn Book and the reading child: cultural and cognitive aspects of materiality in German children’s literature." Neohelicon 47, no. 2 (August 28, 2020): 537–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11059-020-00551-0.
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AbstractChildren’s books often feature complex material aspects. Despite that fact, little research has been done on questions of materiality in children’s and youth books. The article aims at outlining the field of the materiality of historical German-language children’s books. By analyzing historical author’s pedagogical statements as well as the design of historical children’s and youth fiction, the article summarizes different approaches concerning the materiality of children’s books. Based on the historical development and the generic study on how children modify the materiality of their books, the article further investigates the book-as-object and emphasizes the child’s point of view by scrutinizing the adult-culture book-toy distinction. It will become apparent that the specific forms of children’s book reception emerge since the materiality of the book and its exploration present a new embodied experience. The specific reception forms can be embedded into a semiotic model of the text-reader interaction in reference to Roland Barthes’ concept of écriture and scription.
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Abraham, Anna, D. Yves von Cramon, and Ricarda I. Schubotz. "Meeting George Bush versus Meeting Cinderella: The Neural Response When Telling Apart What is Real from What is Fictional in the Context of Our Reality." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 20, no. 6 (June 2008): 965–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2008.20059.
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A considerable part of our lives is spent engaging in the entertaining worlds of fiction that are accessible through media such as books and television. Little is known, however, about how we are able to readily understand that fictional events are distinct from those occurring within our real world. The present functional imaging study explored the brain correlates underlying such abilities by having participants make judgments about the possibility of different scenarios involving either real or fictional characters being true, given the reality of our world. The processing of real and fictional scenarios activated a common set of regions including medial-temporal lobe structures. When the scenarios involved real people, brain regions associated with episodic memory retrieval and self-referential thinking, the anterior prefrontal cortex and the precuneus/posterior cingulate, were more active. In contrast, areas along the left lateral inferior frontal gyrus, associated with semantic memory retrieval, were implicated for scenarios with fictional characters. This implies that there is a fine distinction in the manner in which conceptual information concerning real persons in contrast to fictional characters is represented. In general terms, the findings suggest that fiction relative to reality tends to be represented in more factual terms, whereas our representations of reality relative to fiction are colored by personal subjectivity. What modulates our understanding of the relative difference between reality and fiction seems to be whether such character-type information is coded in self-relevant terms or not.
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Bickford III, J. H. "Examining Historical (Mis)Representations of Christopher Columbus within Children’s Literature." Social Studies Research and Practice 8, no. 2 (July 1, 2013): 1–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ssrp-02-2013-b0001.
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Effective teaching, while supplemented by best practice methods and assessments, is rooted in accurate, age-appropriate, and engaging content. As a foundation for history content, elementary educators rely strongly on textbooks and children’s literature, both fiction and non-fiction. While many researchers have examined the historical accuracy of textbook content, few have rigorously scrutinized the historical accuracy of children’s literature. Those projects that carried out such examination were more descriptive than comprehensive due to significantly smaller data pools. I investigate how children’s non-fiction and fiction books depict and historicize a meaningful and frequently taught history topic: Christopher Columbus’s accomplishments and misdeeds. Results from a comprehensive content analysis indicate that children’s books are engaging curricular supplements with age-appropriate readability yet frequently misrepresent history in eight consequential ways. Demonstrating a substantive disconnect between experts’ understandings of Columbus, these discouraging findings are due to the ways in which authors of children’s books recurrently omit relevant and contentious historical content in order to construct interesting, personalized narratives.
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Piters, Ronald A. M. P., and Mia J. W. Stokmans. "Genre Categorization and its Effect on Preference for Fiction Books." Empirical Studies of the Arts 18, no. 2 (July 2000): 159–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/0vjf-y04e-h5nu-vl5b.
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In the domain of cultural products, sets of products categorized together on the basis of perceived similarities constitute a genre. When studying the process of genre categorization, any item can be viewed as the prototype of a genre plus a list of variations. The more an item resembles the prototype, the more this item is viewed as typical of the genre. The present study focuses on the extent to which the categorization of a fiction book cover by genre helps to single out the most preferred book. It is hypothesized that the typicality of a specific genre, identified by a book's front cover, affects the preference for that book. In an experimental setting, frequent and infrequent readers ( N = 32) were asked to judge the typicality and to state their preference for thirteen book covers from two different genres (literature and mystery). The results show that 77 percent of all covers were classified correctly as to genre. Furthermore, the more representative a book was for a particular genre, the greater the preference for the book.
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Rahman, Fathu, M. Amir P, and Tammasse. "Trends in Reading Literary Fiction in Print and Cyber Media by Undergraduate Students of Hasanuddin University." International Journal of Education and Practice 7, no. 2 (April 10, 2019): 66–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/journal.61.2019.72.66.77.
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This research investigated the trends in reading literary fiction by students of Hasanuddin University and their main reasons for reading works of fiction. Reading tendencies were grouped into types, reading of fiction in print and fiction in electronic (cyber) media. The purposes of this study were: 1) to quantify the literary fiction reading media preferred by students; 2) to identify specific reasons for their choice of media; 3) to identify perceived personal benefits obtained from reading literary fiction, and 4) to evaluate readers’ personal choices in terms of contents. The majority of students preferred to read using electronic media (62%), although a substantial majority preferred the classical printed book format (38%). The reasons given for preferring cyber literature (defined as works of fiction presented in an electronic medium) to printed literature were mainly practical, such as ease of access using electronic devices (tablets, computers, smartphones, etc.) as well as capacity and versatility, and that one multi-functional device can hold many books or other reading media. This research indicates that young people view reading fiction not only as entertainment, but also as a valuable and rewarding activity. The trend towards electronic media provides a growing and increasingly used opportunity for casual readers and enthusiasts to access and enjoy a wide cross-section of literary fiction.
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Bickford, John H. "The representations of LGBTQ themes and individuals in non-fiction young adult literature." Social Studies Research and Practice 12, no. 2 (September 11, 2017): 182–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ssrp-05-2017-0021.
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Purpose Social justice themes permeate the social studies, history, civics, and current events curricula. The purpose of this paper is to examine how non-fiction trade books represented lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals and issues. Design/methodology/approach Trade books published after 2000 and intended for middle grades (5-8) and high school (9-12) students were analyzed. Findings Findings included main characters’ demography, sexuality, and various ancillary elements, such as connection to LGBTQ community, interactions with non-LGBTQ individuals, the challenges and contested terrain that LGBTQ individuals must traverse, and a range of responses to these challenges. Publication date, intended audience, and subgenre of non-fiction – specifically, memoir, expository, and historical text – added nuance to findings. Viewed broadly, the books generally engaged in exceptionalism, a historical misrepresentation, of one singular character who was a gay or lesbian white American. Diverse sexualities, races, ethnicities, and contexts were largely absent. Complex resistance structures were frequent and detailed. Originality/value This research contributes to previous scholarship exploring LGBTQ-themed fiction for secondary students and close readings of secondary level non-fiction trade books.
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Liu, Yina. "The Silence of Digital Practices in Contemporary Fiction Picture Books." Alberta Academic Review 5, no. 1 (September 2, 2022): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/aar137.
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Contemporary childhood exists in a rapidly changing literacy context in the digital age, where digital devices and technology are progressively used at home (OECD 2019). In the global context, digital technology is greatly emerging in children’s lives, including the way of their play, learning, communicating and entertainment (Marsh et al. 2016). In this paper presentation, the author who is a researcher in the intersection of digital literacy and children’s literature, engages in autobiographical narrative inquiry (Clandinin and Connelly 2000), where she tells and retells her stories of reading contemporary fiction picture books, focusing on digital practices in both written text and illustrations. Such experiences are reflected and compared to her experiences of reading contemporary academic articles and reports on digital literacy studies in early childhood education. She noticed that there is a significant missing of digital lives and practices in contemporary fiction picture books, which contrasts with the prevalence of children’s digital usage in the contemporary post-typographic era.
As children’s fiction is infused with ideology, the text instills values and beliefs in young readers, which, further, will shape children’s sociocultural development (Stephens 1992). For this reason, it is critical for future research to examine the ideological message and cultural discourse in relation to digital literacy practices in children’s fiction work. Because the gaps and differences between the ideologies of digital usage in children’s literature and children’s digital literacy practices reality could cause confusion to our young readers.
This article highlights the silence of digital lives and practices in today’s fiction picture books and this research urges writers, illustrators, educators, and parents to pay attention to the gaps between digital practices in today’s children’s real lives and the contemporary fiction picture books.
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Stoneman, Lisa G., DorothyBelle Poli, Anna Denisch, Lydia Weltmann, and Melanie Almeder. "Book Publication as Pedagogy: Taking Learning Deep and Wide." Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal 4, no. 2 (August 30, 2019): 568–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.18432/ari29446.
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For students, the practice of writing, illustrating, and publishing facilitates deep learning experiences, both within and beyond the discipline for which the writing is targeted. In this case study, students created books under the umbrella of a large, transdisciplinary research project: a science-based, illustrated activity book, a children’s fiction chapter book with illustrations, an adolescent novel, and two illustrated social studies activity books. Students completed the self-directed research, wrote the narratives, created the artwork, sought the advice of outside scholars and artists, and revised with discipline-specific mentors. Data include the books, mentor notes, and student-reported learning outcomes. Data reveal broad content and pedagogical skill knowledge acquisition, knowledge synthesis, and a deep level of self-authorship.
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Cracknell, Linda. "Walking in Circles: Making Stories out of Landscapes." Postscriptum Polonistyczne 27, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 171–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.31261/https://doi.org/10.31261/ps_p.2021.27.10.
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Using the example of her novel, Call of The Undertow, published in 2013, Linda Cracknell writes about how repeated walks in a new place rich with possibility resulted in a fictional narrative out of observation and sensation. She also draws on her non-fiction book, Doubling Back: Ten Paths Trodden in Memory, a book described as a combination of ‘memoir, travelogue and literary meditation’, inspired by re-treading former journeys on foot taken by herself or by others.Both books have involved a ‘multiple gaze’ across nature, social history, communities and inner lives, and share some creative methods. In both she’s attracted to liminal worlds, exploration and often to women who challenge boundaries. Motion is necessary to this writer’s imaginative writing, but in Doubling Back, the motion has itself become the subject. For the writer, the craft is similar but fiction feels a greater transformation of the material. For the reader, which kind of text provides a more visceral experience of having travelled herself, and is it necessary for the reader to be a walker in order to fully engage with accounts of journeys on foot?
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Kovtun, Elena. "The Sociology of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Monitoring Within Science Fiction and Fantasy Studies Classes at Lomonosov Moscow State University." Stephanos Peer reviewed multilanguage scientific journal 51, no. 1 (January 31, 2022): 95–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.24249/2309-9917-2022-51-1-95-119.
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The publication is the final part of the research dedicated to the analysis of the results of written works made by the students of inter-faculty courses of science fiction and fantasy studies undertaken at Lomonosov Moscow State University during 2013–2020. In the previous articles we provided statistical data on the students’ composition, summarized information about their favorite writers and books of science fiction and fantasy as well as about preferred types of such a literature; summarized students’ remarks about under what circumstances their interest to science fiction and fantasy has been emerged. In this publication we introduce the students’ considerations on future and also on books of science fiction and fantasy the students are planning, may be, to write themselves.