High School Students’ Reading Activity on the Internet

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High School Students’ Reading Activity on the Internet
Vaganova D.

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The aim of the study is
revealing the reading activity of high school students on the Internet

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The achievement of the aim stated involves the solution of the following
objectives:
-to find out the difference between the reading activity in the virtual
sphere and real life;
-to reveal the influence of the Internet on the development of the
reader’s activity;
-to define the Internet literary work and its reading

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The object of the study:
- the literature data base on the Internet
The subject of the study:
-high school students as active Internet users

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The scope of the study:
- the high school students’ reading repertoire;
- their reading preferences;
- factors influencing reading process

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Fan fiction comprises works and creations made by fans of popular works of
fiction and art in different spheres, such as literature, music,
cinematography, etc.
Fan fictions involves both the elements of the original fiction world and a fan
fiction writer’s own invention.
On the Internet different fans respectively join into
fandoms, devoted to a particular work or direction
of art, where they can exchange their ideas,
compositions and share their experience.

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Currently the most popular fandoms are:
Supernatural, Sherlock BBC, Doctor Who,
Marvel universe, various music bands, e.g.
J-Rock (Japanese rock music), K-Pop (Korean
pop-music), etc.

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G Rated materials are intended for General
Audiences, with all ages admitted.
A PG work rating stands for Parental Guidance, as
some things may not be suitable for children. There
may be mild strong language and some violence,
but there will not be substance use or abuse.
PG-13 rated materials stand for Parental Guidance13, with parents strongly cautioned, as some
material may not be suitable for children under 13.
Rated R materials mean Restricted, with no one
under 17 admitted without an accompanying parent
or guardian. This rating is given for strong and
frequent language and violence, nudity for sexual
purposes and drug abuse.
Materials with an NC-17 rating mean No one under
18 admitted.
NC-21 No one under 21 admitted.

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Fanfiction has its own rules that each author should follow.
Any fan fiction site has a certain form to fill in to submit a fanfic. If it’s fulfilled
incorrectly the work may be banned or deleted.
In the submission form concerning basic information about a work the
following things should be mentioned:
- the name of the fanfic;
- the name of its author and his/her coauthors if there are any (real names or
nicknames);
- the name of the translator/ translators (for fanfics translated);
- the name of beta reader (a person who helped to edit the work according to
the rules of spelling, punctuation, etc.);
- etc.

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Fanfics are normally copyright, so if one writer publishes a work, which
originally belongs to a different author, under his name, he is going to be
banned. There is a special line in the information form where the author
expresses his disagreement or vice versa his permission to reproduce the
materials contributed on different Internet sites or in some other sources.
Fan fiction is rarely commissioned or authorized by the original work's
creator or publisher, and is rarely professionally published. It may or may
not infringe on the original author's copyright.