3.3 What is a 'participatory reading'?

Westlake refers to participatory readings as when:

"An internet reader contributes to the text in several ways, not only by connecting pages and text through links and Hypertext, but often by amending or editing content." (Westlake 2008 p. 26)

Therefore adding content to Wikipedia is a part of participatory reading, as is using hyperlinks to direct your reading. I also think participatory reading is when you collect hyperlinks and add comments ( in Facebook, or a blog for example) in order to keep a record of what you have read, or to gather information.

Westlake, E. J. 2008. Friend Me if You Facebook Generation Y and Performative Surveillance. Project Muse 52 (4): 21-40. https://auth.lis.curtin.edu.au/cgi-bin/auth-ng/walkin.cgi?url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/the_drama_review/v052/52.4.westlake.pdf (accessed 14/11/11).