Branje v polimedijskem okolju in (nove) oblike generacijske subjektivacije

In: Družboslovne razprave, S. 85-107

Abstract

Through the perspective of the concept of generations and generationally
specific digital sociality, the paper analyses the transformation of reading as a
practice and as an experience. Based on analysis of interviews with teenagers,
it is argued that in today's polymedia environment users are constantly shifting
between platforms and live in constant anticipation of something new, being
permanently occupied, and constant affective engagement represent a condition for an algorithmically produced regime of visibility that normalises the distracted
multitasking they engage in. In the context of constant digital work, there remains
little space for practices beyond social platforms. The authors argue that in the
young interviewees' perception book reading does not hold the status of a cultural authority and that the role played by reading in distributing cultural capital
has been reshaped.