Polské čtenářství v časech digitálních… a jak se o něm přemýšlí
Polish reading in digital times… and what is thought of it

Summary/Abstract: This study deals with contemporary Polish reading culture. The authors focus on threeareas: (1) research at the National Library, particularly in relation to digital reading;(2) the new Polish Encyclopedia of Books (Encyklopedia książki), a work of colossalsize and scope, as well as the state of current thinking on books and their socialcirculation, which has been fixed for some time; and (3) some individual sources ofinspiration from Polish reflections and discussions on reading in the digital age. Theauthors examine all three areas against the backdrop of the current Czech situation,while endeavouring to ascertain the sociological causes behind the current largedecline, and focusing primarily on the substantial reduction in graduates from the40– population. One part of the study also focuses on digital reading, i.e. on howit is developing and which sectors of the Polish readership it most involves. Theyconclude that although the Polish readership has succeeded in slightly reducing theinternal socio-demographic threshold (i.e. with the operation of progressive internalinclusion), as a whole it is fallinginto social exclusion.

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