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| author | Freiberger, Rema |
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| contents | The New York Times Report on Teenage Reading Tastes and Habits. Freiberger, Rema Adolescents Bibliographies Library Surveys National Surveys Reading Habits Reading Interests Reading Research In order to learn whether teenagers are reading books and, if so, which books they choose, "The New York Times" conducted a fact-finding project. Questionnaires were mailed to the school librarians and English chairmen of 7000 secondary and intermediate schools. The wide variety of answers to observable trends necessitated the analysis of a random sampling of 100 replies, which showed 24 percent of the readers evincing a growing interest in the occult, witchcraft, magic, spiritualism, astrology, and the bizarre; 11 percent interested in problems of the 1970s; 10 percent reading more serious advanced materials; and the remaining replies divided among 13 other categories. Overall ratings by librarians of types of books revealed the fiction-novel remains most popular, followed by mystery-suspense, science fiction, and biography-autobiography, with about 40 percent of the top 25 books having been written for adults. (A list of the 300 most popular books, keyed according to popularity, is included.) (JM) |
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| spellingShingle | The New York Times Report on Teenage Reading Tastes and Habits. Freiberger, Rema Adolescents Bibliographies Library Surveys National Surveys Reading Habits Reading Interests Reading Research The New York Times Report on Teenage Reading Tastes and Habits. Freiberger, Rema Adolescents Bibliographies Library Surveys National Surveys Reading Habits Reading Interests Reading Research In order to learn whether teenagers are reading books and, if so, which books they choose, "The New York Times" conducted a fact-finding project. Questionnaires were mailed to the school librarians and English chairmen of 7000 secondary and intermediate schools. The wide variety of answers to observable trends necessitated the analysis of a random sampling of 100 replies, which showed 24 percent of the readers evincing a growing interest in the occult, witchcraft, magic, spiritualism, astrology, and the bizarre; 11 percent interested in problems of the 1970s; 10 percent reading more serious advanced materials; and the remaining replies divided among 13 other categories. Overall ratings by librarians of types of books revealed the fiction-novel remains most popular, followed by mystery-suspense, science fiction, and biography-autobiography, with about 40 percent of the top 25 books having been written for adults. (A list of the 300 most popular books, keyed according to popularity, is included.) (JM) |
| title | The New York Times Report on Teenage Reading Tastes and Habits. |
| topic | Adolescents Bibliographies Library Surveys National Surveys Reading Habits Reading Interests Reading Research |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED092868 |