Book social media networks and its role in readers and writers support. A field study of Goodreads Network usage as a model. | ||
| International Journal of Library and Information Sciences | ||
| Article 11, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 295-336 PDF (504.82 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijlis.2019.69474 | ||
| Author | ||
| Eman Fawzi Omar* | ||
| Faculty of Arts – Helwan University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study has dealt with the use of both Egyptian readers and writers of the services and capabilities of book social media network: Goodreads. Also the benefits and advantages that returned to the study community of those who are interested in reading and writers as a result of these services and capabilities, through editing 2 questionnaires: one for the readers and the other for the writers. Both of the questionnaires were available on the pages and groups interested in books and writers . The notable results of this study concerning readers were that 300 individuals of the participants don’t have accounts on Goodreads Network, which represents a percentage of 50.5%, and the main cause for not having an account on Goodreads Network is the lack of enough information about it, and this was what represented a percentage of 91.3%. And 292 individuals have accounts on Goodreads Network, Which represents a percentage of 49.5%. The most important reason for creating a reader’s account on Goodreads Network was the benefit of book recommendations by friends, which represents a percentage of 82.8%. About the writers study community, the study has revealed that the number of writers who have author’s accounts is 17 which represents 45.9%. And the interaction with readers to know their opinions about their books and the books by others represented a percentage of 37.8%. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Social Media Networks; social media; social reading; readers; writer | ||
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