STUDENTS’ OPINIONS: DIGITAL TEXT OR PRINTED TEXT?

The purpose of this research is to determinate the opinions of 8th grade students about reading on screen. The research has been conducted in accordance with the descriptive scanning model. The study group of this research consist of 30 volunteer students that have been0 :ömbvchosen by purposeful sampling among the 8th grade students who study at the Öğretmen Ali Baykal and Şehit Alibey Secondary Schools in Eşme in Uşak. 50% of the students are boys and the other 50% of the students are girls. Having a personel computer has taken into consideration fort he students who are going to attend the interview. Data of the research has been acquired via the semi-structured interview form. 3 different questions have been asked to the students in the interview. Students’ thoughts about reading on screen have been tried to receive via these questions. Content analysis has been used in the analysis of the students’ answers, first the data has been coded and then the topics which explain the data in general level have been determined. In determination of the categories, literature, interview questions and the students’ answers to these questions have been benefited from. According to results that have been acquired, students have both positive and negative opinions for reading on screen. In addition to this, most of the students generally prefer reading on screen to reading from printed material.