News Paper Reading Habits among DSM Arts College Abhone: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 70-73
Author(s):  
Aknath R Wathore
Keyword(s):  
Reading Habits

scholarly journals Academic Reading Strategies used by Leeds Metropolitan University Graduates: A Case Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira Sohail
Keyword(s):  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Reading Improvement ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Academic Reading ◽  
Metropolitan University

Academic reading is different from other forms of reading because it is complex and discipline-specific. It involves a measured, challenging, and multifaceted process in which students are dynamically engaged with a range of reading strategies. Academic reading improvement is possible, provided students work on it and there are no short cuts or remedies which will cure the reading problems. Reading improvement is hard work and a difficult task, but it is rewarding as well. This study examined the selection and use of academic reading strategies used by the undergraduate and postgraduate students studying at Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, Leeds. A quantitative data study was carried out to investigate three aspects of academic reading strategies: (a) efficiency, (b) interacting with texts, and (c) critical reading strategies. The results of this survey suggest that the participants on balance have proficient reading skills, but a significant number of participants have ineffective reading strategies and bad reading habits. Recommendations and suggestions have been put forward to improve academic reading strategies and for further research.

scholarly journals Gothic Infections

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (31) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Ryggvik Mikalsen
Keyword(s):  
Reading Habits ◽  
Gothic Novel ◽  
Northanger Abbey ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Gothic Novels ◽  
Narrative Control ◽  
Women's Reading ◽  
Selection Of

This article proposes, a reading of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (1818) as a case study for discussing infectious literature, storytelling as therapy and the interconnectedness of Gothic methodologies and medical humanities. Northanger Abbey was written in a period when women’s reading habits was a contested topic, so I will provide a quick historical overview of the period and the problematic Gothic novel, which Northanger Abbey satirizes. Where previous research has focused on Catherine Morland, the protagonist and ‘misreader’ in this Gothic satire, this article will focus on Austen’s feminized hero, Henry Tilney, and read him in the role of a mesmeric healer. His goal is to cure Catherine of her obsession with Gothic novels, in order for her to fulfil the feminine ideal of the time. The mesmeric method is to produce a crisis in the patient, however, I will show how Henry’s plan fails and he inadvertently produces a crisis in himself, and forces him to realize the extent of his own ‘reading illness’. He is ‘infected’ by the masculine literary canon, which in his mind entails literary superiority over Catherine and his sister Eleanor. Storytelling as therapy is a term that connects literature and trauma into a method of organizing experience. My analysis will focus on a selection of dialogue between the main characters and Henry’s monologues, to highlight where Austen’s hero is compelled to take narrative control as a way to control his own trauma; his troubled relationship with his father and the death of his mother.

Newspaper Reading Habits among the Users of Sarvajanika Vachnalaya Belagavi, Karnataka, India: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-86
Author(s):  
Dayanandappa Kori ◽  
K. R. Mulla
Keyword(s):  
Life Style ◽  
User Feedback ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Library As Place ◽  
Local Languages ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

A habit of reading newspaper is most important life skill. It is not only boost our knowledge, but also it supports growth to our life style, thinking and personality. This paper explores the newspaper reading habits the population of the study consists of library users of Sarvajanika Vachnalaya Belagavi, Karnataka, India. Study is conducted through structured questionnaire. A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed among the users and 101 filled questionnaires were received. Around 200-300 people per day visit the library. All the newspapers received by the library are popular in nature and all in the local languages. Study shows that users mostly preference to read in the morning time. This paper also highlights point that most of the users preferred library as place to read newspaper. Suggestions in accordance with the user feedback for further improving the newspaper service have also been recorded.

Pre Press Gothic Infections

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (31) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Ryggvik Mikalsen
Keyword(s):  
Reading Habits ◽  
Gothic Novel ◽  
Northanger Abbey ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Gothic Novels ◽  
Narrative Control ◽  
Women's Reading ◽  
Selection Of

This article proposes, a reading of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (1818) as a case study for discussing infectious literature, storytelling as therapy and the interconnectedness of Gothic methodologies and medical humanities. Northanger Abbey was written in a period when women’s reading habits was a contested topic, so I will provide a quick historical overview of the period and the problematic Gothic novel, which Northanger Abbey satirizes. Where previous research has focused on Catherine Morland, the protagonist and ‘misreader’ in this Gothic satire, this article will focus on Austen’s feminized hero, Henry Tilney, and read him in the role of a mesmeric healer. His goal is to cure Catherine of her obsession with Gothic novels, in order for her to fulfil the feminine ideal of the time. The mesmeric method is to produce a crisis in the patient, however, I will show how Henry’s plan fails and he inadvertently produces a crisis in himself, and forces him to realize the extent of his own ‘reading illness’. He is ‘infected’ by the masculine literary canon, which in his mind entails literary superiority over Catherine and his sister Eleanor. Storytelling as therapy is a term that connects literature and trauma into a method of organizing experience. My analysis will focus on a selection of dialogue between the main characters and Henry’s monologues, to highlight where Austen’s hero is compelled to take narrative control as a way to control his own trauma; his troubled relationship with his father and the death of his mother.

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