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Per Johnsson psykologi samhällsvetenskapliga institutionen

Per Johnsson

Senior lecturer

Per Johnsson psykologi samhällsvetenskapliga institutionen

An intricate dance of intersubjectivity : The social and cognitive benefits of a digital shared reading group

Author

  • Anna W Gustafsson
  • Per Johnsson
  • Kajsa Järvholm
  • Katarina Bernhardsson
  • Torbjörn Forslid
  • Anders Ohlsson

Summary, in English

This article deepens the understanding of characteristic features of Shared Reading (SR) that can shed light on health benefits of this literary practice suggested by previous research. We provide a detailed analysis of language, interaction, reading strategies and collaborative meaning-making in an online SR group in which participants read and discussed a modernist poem. We triangulate our analysis with results from a focus group with the participants. Our study is informed by psychological theories about joint attention and its effects on social cohesion, mentalisation and perspective-taking. The analysis shows how the SR format provides a space in which ingroupness, intersubjectivity, and perspective-taking are created and realised in language use and interaction. Furthermore, our study suggests that many characteristic features of SR identified in earlier research can still be observed in an online SR group. The study lays the ground for more conclusive research of the benefits of this reading practice.

Department/s

  • Swedish
  • Birgit Rausing Centre for Medical Humanities (BRCMH)
  • Department of Psychology
  • Comparative Literature

Publishing year

2023-06-13

Language

English

Pages

103-132

Publication/Series

Scientific Study of Literature

Volume

12

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Topic

  • Specific Languages
  • General Language Studies and Linguistics
  • Psychology
  • Other Health Sciences

Keywords

  • shared reading
  • collaborative meaning-making
  • joint attention
  • perspective taking
  • social cohesion
  • perspective-taking

Status

Published

Project

  • Shared Reading After Pain Rehabilitation
  • Litteraturläsning och hälsa - ASG Pufendorf IAS

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2210-4380