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Abstract
The rise of social networking sites and initiatives such as the One Book, One Twitter book club (#1b1t) make it much easier for readers to share reading experiences on a scale and in a fashion that would not previously have been possible. This paper examines people’s changing reading practices in the age of online social networking. In particular, it aims to describe and explain online conversations around a book called American Gods, the first book of the Twitter book club. Using the automated text analysis and social network discovery software called Netlytic, this study pinpoints a particular time in history that opens new conclusions about the spread of knowledge, education, culture, and ideology. An analysis of the more than 14,000 “tweets” about American Gods provides insight into this world-wide reading group phenomenon, which is now in its second year.
Résumé
En raison de l’essor des réseaux sociaux et de la mise en oeuvre de projets tels que le club du livre « One Book, One Twitter » (#1b1t), le partage des expériences de lecture prend une envergure inédite et se fait de manières non envisageables auparavant. Cet article examine la transformation des habitudes de lecture à l’ère des réseaux sociaux en ligne. Précisément, il analyse les conversations suscitées par American Gods, premier livre proposé aux participants du club du livre Twitter. Grâce aux données recueillies à l’aide du logiciel Netlytic, l’étude est en mesure de cibler un moment de l’histoire qui ouvre de nouvelles perspectives quant à la transmission et à la diffusion des savoirs, la culture et l’idéologie. Une analyse de plus de 14 000 microbillets portant sur American Gods lève le voile sur le phénomène que constitue l’émergence, au cours des deux dernières années, d’un club du livre qui se déploie à l’échelle de la planète.
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