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This study examines how digital technologies reshape reading practices among Moroccan CPGE students, linking them to youth subcultures, identity, and political agency. Using surveys and interviews, it explores digital vs. print preferences and their socio-cultural meanings.

Paper long abstract

The study investigates how digital technologies are reshaping reading practices among CPGE students in Morocco, situating these practices within broader debates on youth subcultures, digital participation, and the cultural specificities of the Global South. Moving beyond conventional concerns of format preferences, the research explores how Moroccan youths’ digital reading practices intersect with identity, political subcultures, and folkloric digital experiences that contribute to emerging counter-discourses. Employing a mixed-methods design, the study will survey approximately 200 CPGE students across multiple disciplines using a validated online questionnaire. Quantitative data will capture reading frequencies, device usage, format preferences, and areas of interest. A stratified random sample of 10 participants will then be invited for semi-structured interviews to examine deeper motivations, strategies, political orientations and socio-cultural meanings attached to digital reading. Descriptive findings are expected to reveal the prevalence of digital versus print reading and contextual preferences for particular devices, while inferential analyses will assess how political orientations and reading practices vary across formats. Thematic analysis of qualitative data will highlight subcultural aspects of reading behaviors, including screen-skimming, multitasking, attention shifts, and context-driven choices that reflect broader negotiations with global technological pressures. By connecting everyday digital reading practices to larger issues of youth cultural participation and political agency, this research aims to contribute to critical discussions of youth digital subcultures and their impact in southern geographies.

Keywords: Digital reading practices - Youth subcultures - Identity construction - Political subcultures - CPGE students