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Naffziger, Michelle. "Making it Personal: Book Group Cultures and Discussions of Social Action" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City, Aug 11, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p184382_index.html>

Naffziger, M. E. , 2007-08-11 "Making it Personal: Book Group Cultures and Discussions of Social Action" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p184382_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Using data collected through observation of four reading groups as they discussed books about social problems and two or three other titles, this project examines the following research questions: When do groups of readers interpret the genre of social problem books as calling for social action? What role does a reading group�s local culture play in that interpretation? All four groups connected this genre to issues �in the news,� however I observed three more specific interpretations: 1) This is eye-opening and horrible! I or we need to do something; 2) This is eye-opening, someone needs to do something, but not me-this doesn�t apply to me; and 3) This problem is serious but we already knew about it and still need more information to know what can be done about it. Of the four groups, two produced interpretation 1 and discussed actions that they could undertake to address the problem depicted in the text. Both groups had highly personal and group oriented cultures that enabled them to determine how these texts applied to their families or communities. Groups that did not understand the work as calling for action were less personal in their orientation towards one another and towards the texts. One of these groups displayed highly critical, almost competitive attitudes toward one another and the texts. The other group focused on opinions and hypothetical situations that distanced themselves from one another and the meanings of the texts.

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