Reading bestsellers : recommendation culture and the multimodal reader / Danielle Fuller, DeNel Rehberg Sedo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuller, Danielle, author.

Rehberg Sedo, DeNel, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture 2514-8524.

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--Social aspects.

Books and reading.

Recommender systems (Information filtering)--Social aspects.

Recommender systems (Information filtering).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (92 pages) : illustrations (colour), digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Readers are essential agents in the production of bestsellers but bestsellers are not essential to readers' leisure pursuits. The starting point in this work is readers' opinions about and their uses of bestselling fiction in English. Readers' relationships with bestsellers bring into view their practices of book selection, and their navigation of book recommendation culture. Based on three years of original research (2019-2021), including a quantitative survey with readers, interviews with social media influencers, and qualitative work with international Gen Z readers in a private Instagram chat space, the authors highlight three core actions contemporary multimodal readers make - choosing, connecting, and responding - in a transmedia era where on- and offline media practices co-exist.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 2, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781108891042

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.