DIGITAL INTERACTIONS, SOCIABILITY, AND READER INFLUENCE ON AN INSTAGRAM LITERARY PROFILE

Authors

  • Laiana Ferreira de Sousa Federal University of Ceará image/svg+xml
  • Lidia Eugênia Cavalcante Federal University of Ceará image/svg+xml
  • Damaris de Queiroz Barreto Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional

Keywords:

Reader Sociability, Digital Literary Communities, Convergence Culture, Instagram

Abstract

This study analyzes contemporary reading practices, reconfigured by Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICTs) and the participative dynamics of social networks. The general objective is to investigate how the digital interactions established in the Instagram profile Pausa Literária (@pausaliteraria.ce) contribute to reader influence and to the constitution of sociability bonds among its followers. Theoretically grounded in authors such as Yves Jeanneret, Henry Jenkins, and Paulo Freire, the research incorporates Dell’Isola’s perspectives on reading as a constant social activity and Recuero’s insights regarding networks and virtual communities within the digital environment. Methodologically, this is a qualitative, exploratory, and documentary study. The analytical corpus, consisting of publications and discursive manifestations collected on the platform, was submitted to Laurence Bardin's Content Analysis technique. The data were structured into three fundamental analytical categories: reader influence, reader identity, and reader sociability. The results reveal Instagram as a space for symbolic circulation and cultural mediation capable of fostering virtual communities, promoting a sense of belonging, and redefining literary consumption.

Author Biographies

  • Laiana Ferreira de Sousa, Federal University of Ceará

    Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science at the Federal University of Ceará. PhD in Information Science from the Graduate Program in Information Science at the Federal University of Paraíba (PPGCI - UFPB). Master in Information Science from PPGCI/UFPB (2017). Bachelor in Library Science from the Federal University of Ceará (2011). Specialist in Communication and Image Theories from the Department of Social Communication - UFC (2013). Specialist in Distance Education from UFC (2016). Editor-in-Chief of the journal Informação em Pauta of the Department of Information Science and the Graduate Program in Information Science at UFC.

  • Lidia Eugênia Cavalcante, Federal University of Ceará

    She holds a degree in Library Science from the Federal University of Ceará, a master's in Social History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and a PhD in Education from the Federal University of Ceará. She completed postdoctoral research in Information Science at the Université de Montréal. Visiting professor at the Université de Montréal and researcher at the Canadian Research Network on Philanthropy (PHILAB). Full professor at the Federal University of Ceará, serving as a permanent faculty member of the Graduate Program in Information Science (PPGCI).

  • Damaris de Queiroz Barreto, Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional

    Librarian at the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage - IPHAN/PA. Master’s degree in Information Science from the Federal University of Ceará (2019). Holds a degree in Library Science from the Federal University of Ceará (2016).

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Published

2026-11-13

Conference Proceedings Volume

2026: XXVI ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE PESQUISA E PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO

Section

GT 3 – Mediação, Circulação e Apropriação da Informação

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