![]() ![]() By mixed quantitative and qualitative methods and scalable reading we scrutinise texts and comments on Wattpad, what themes are preferred in 13 languages, what role does genre play for readers behaviour, and what kind of emotional engagement is prevalent when young readers share stories. We present several analyses of how fiction is transmitted through the social reading platform Wattpad, one of the largest platforms for user-generated stories, including novels, fanfiction, humour, classics, and poetry. ![]() In contrast to this, we show for the first time and in detail, how intensively young readers write and comment literary texts at an unprecedented scale. ![]() The end of deep reading is a commonplace in public debates, whenever societies talk about youth, books, and the digital age. ![]()
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