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read and comprises a cluster of affective and behavioural characteristics that include an interest in
and enjoyment of reading, a sense of control over what one reads, involvement in the social
dimension of reading and diverse and frequent reading practices.
. . . texts . . .
34. The phrase “texts” is meant to include all language as used in its graphic form: handwritten,
printed or screen-based. In this definition, we exclude as texts those purely aural language
artefacts such as voice recordings, as well as film, TV, animated visuals and pictures without
words. Texts do include visual displays such as diagrams, pictures, maps, tables, graphs and
comic strips, which include some written language (for example, captions). These visual texts can
exist either independently or they can be embedded in larger texts.
35. Dynamic texts are distinguishable from fixed texts in a number of respects, including how they
affect the ability to estimate the length and quantity of texts when physical cues (e.g. dimension of
paper-based document are hidden in virtual space); the way different parts of a text and different
texts are connected with one another through hypertext links; whether multiple abstracted texts are
shown as a result of a search; and consequent upon all these text characteristics, the way that
readers typically engage with dynamic texts. To a much greater extent than with what is printed,
readers need to construct their own pathways to complete any reading activity associated with
dynamic texts.
36. The term “texts” was chosen instead of the term “information” because of its association with
written language and because it more readily connotes literary as well as information-focused
reading.
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