NEW TREND: Social Media Gets Children Reading
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- BookTok and Bookstagram have grown popular on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
- Users share favourite books, post reviews, show their bookshelves, and recommend reading to others.
Social media has become a major part of everyday life, from messaging friends and watching short videos to following events around the world. But one trend within it is encouraging people to read more books.
BookTok and Bookstagram have become increasingly popular in recent years. On TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, users share their favourite books, write reviews, show their bookshelves, and recommend titles to other readers.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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