Abstract

This paper presents findings of a survey that investigated the reading preferences of university students at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, Australia. This survey is being undertaken as part of the Academic Reading Format International Study (ARFIS), which is investigating print versus digital reading preferences in 31 countries. A total of 582 students completed the survey. Results from the survey indicate a strong preference for reading in print because of issues such as eyestrain, tactile features, better focus, and ability to highlight and take notes. Issues such as cost, usability and accessibility also impacted on students’ reading decisions.

RAS ID

26675

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Date of Publication

2018

Location of the Work

Victoria

School

School of Science

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

Publisher

VALA

Comments

Johnston, N., & Salaz, A.M. (2018). Print versus digital preferences of university students in Australia. In Proceedings of the VALA 2018 Conference. Available here

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