Early home literacy and adolescents' online reading behavior in comparative perspective.

ABSTRACT: Online reading behavior can be regarded as a 'new' form of cultural capital in today's digital world. However, it is unclear whether 'traditional' mechanisms of cultural and social reproduction are also found in this domain, and whether they manifest uniformly across countries at different stages of development. This article analyzes whether the early home literacy environment has an impact on informational online reading behavior among adolescents and whether this association varies between countries with different levels of digitalization and educational expansion. Data from the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) were used for the empirical analyses. The results of regression models with country-fixed effects indicate a positive association between literacy activi

SUBMITTER: Notten N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724588 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature