Exploring trends and impacts in high school students’ reading time － Based on reading medium and purpose

This study explored high school students’reading behavior trends across different media (print vs. digital) and purposes (learning vs. leisure)and examined how such reading tendencies influence reading achievement. The results of the studyindicated that students spent more time on digital reading than print reading and there was no notable difference in reading time across weekdays and weekends in terms of medium. Second, analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed that print reading time had a more positive and significant effect on reading achievement compared to digital reading time. Lastly, regression analysis, which categorized reading purposes into learning and leisure, showed that reading time for learning purposes had a significant positive effect on students’ reading achievement, regardless of the media type (print or digital). Based on these findings, implications and suggestions are discussed for further research.