Schwabe Annika, Brandl Lukas, Boomgaarden Hajo G, Stocker Günther
Department of German Studies University of Vienna Vienna Austria.
Department of Communication Science University of Vienna Vienna Austria.
J Res Read. 2021 May;44(2):319-338. doi: 10.1111/1467-9817.12337. Epub 2021 Jan 31.
The digitalisation of literature is proliferating, and the increasing spread of digital reading devices and the availability of digital texts is likely to make a lasting phenomenon, but little attention has been paid to the consequences of digitalisation for the experience of narrative fiction. While on the one hand, reading literature on a digital reading device might trigger a superficial processing of the text, and problems regarding orientation within the narrative, the awareness of reading a literary text might, on the other hand, lead to more in-depth and complex processing, independent of reading medium. This study examines whether the reading performance and the emotional and cognitive experiences of the reception of a literary text vary between reading a printed book or an e-reader.
Using a between-subjects experimental design, 207 participants read the beginning of a novel either in a printed book or on an e-reader. They then completed a reading comprehension test and questionnaires about their cognitive and emotional experiences.
Overall, the results do not suggest the clear superiority of either of the two reading media. Neither reading speed nor reading comprehension differed significantly between the two groups. Even though a broad range of reading experiences was measured, neither cognitive nor emotional reading experiences differed significantly between the groups.
An e-reader does not affect either reading performance or cognitive and emotional experience of reading a narrative text, compared with a printed book.
文献数字化正在迅速发展，数字阅读设备的日益普及以及数字文本的可得性可能会使其成为一种持久的现象，但数字化对叙事小说阅读体验的影响却很少受到关注。一方面，在数字阅读设备上阅读文学作品可能会引发对文本的表面化处理，以及在叙事中定位的问题；另一方面，意识到正在阅读文学文本可能会导致更深入、更复杂的处理，而与阅读媒介无关。本研究考察了阅读文学文本时，阅读印刷书籍或电子阅读器之间，阅读表现以及接受过程中的情感和认知体验是否存在差异。
采用组间实验设计，207名参与者分别阅读一本小说开头的印刷版或电子版。然后他们完成了一项阅读理解测试以及关于他们认知和情感体验的问卷。
总体而言，结果并不表明两种阅读媒介中的任何一种具有明显优势。两组之间的阅读速度和阅读理解均无显著差异。尽管测量了广泛的阅读体验，但两组之间的认知和情感阅读体验均无显著差异。
与印刷书籍相比，电子阅读器不会影响叙事文本的阅读表现或认知及情感体验。
