The act of reading, roles and motivation of participants of Kuala Lumpur book appreciation club / Nuraina Fadhilah Sulaiman

Nuraina Fadhilah , Sulaiman (2024) The act of reading, roles and motivation of participants of Kuala Lumpur book appreciation club / Nuraina Fadhilah Sulaiman. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaya.

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Abstract

This study attempts to look at the effect of book club discussion towards the act of reading, its role in community practice. Knowledge power is essential and crucial in developing the nation to harness the power of information and communication technology. One of the prominent ways to do this is to cultivate and create a reading culture in the society. Along the line of globalization and changes in the dimension in which people connect with each other, book club has also evolved with the emergence of the Internet and social media. From past studies, joining a book club can enhance people to read more and inculcate the love of reading in general. Book club in its very essence is community-based. It needs participants of all joiners to make it work. Now that book clubs have also evolved online, it is also worth researching the roles and effect of these book clubs online to its members in its discussion and in community practice. Apart from that, online book clubs that are not connected to education strain will produce readers that read simply for the joy of reading and pleasure. This feature makes online book clubs, which are rapidly developing, worth studying further. Thus, this study aims to analyse the effect of discussion to the act of reading of its participants, role of a book club in community practice, and reading motivation of participants in KL Book Appreciation Club (KLBAC). For this study, a qualitative approach was adopted, and focus group interviews were adopted at one of these online book clubs in Malaysia. The study showed that most participants revealed that they have used the book club and participated in the activities as means of connecting to other people in finding like-minded people while engaging in moral discussions. The voluntary involvement in KLBAC has helped to develop a higher intrinsic motivation to read while introducing a bigger variety of reading mate discussion horizons, especially in critical thinking discussions while at the same time emphasizing the importance of moderators in such activity. The discussion on the backstory of the reading materials, help in improving the book storyline, and cultivating an active to shed light on act of reading of the participants, social place of a book group in society, and their motivation.

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