Időskorúak, szeniorok olvasási kedve, olvasási palettája, olvasáshoz való viszonya

Abstract

After introducing the theoretical background, this study aims to provide general conclusions about the reading of elderly people and their relation to reading and literature—primarily based on the results of two research projects. Besides essential questions such as what and how often elderly people read, this research pays special attention to the genre interest of this generation, to the ‘non-readers’, and to the reasons for not reading in this cluster. It must be highlighted that 12 percent of the respondents have read a book on a laptop already, while hardly 2 percent of them have an e-book reader, and that the genre interest of this generation has clearly changed compared to results in earlier research. It is important to note that almost one quarter of the non-readers referred to their weakened sight as a reason for not reading; however, the distracting effect of television from reading culture can be clearly measured.