Suzana Uzelac
ORCID 0009-0000-3347-8631
Opštinska narodna biblioteka „Veljko Petrović” Žabalj
suzanauzelac@yahoo.com

doi: 10.5937/cit2547063U
No. 47 (November 2025), str. 63-69

Comics Between Generation Z and Public Libraries

Abstract

The paper examines the relationship between Generation Z, comics, and public libraries. The starting point is the thesis that members of the so-called Generation Z are interested in reading literature that they can easily identify with, and that has the characteristics of hypertext. It is believed that, at the level of discourse, comics meet the above criteria. To confirm the assumptions, an informative survey was conducted in elementary schools in the municipality of Žabalj, focusing on the reading habits of seventh- and eighth-grade students. The survey results showed that this category of users prefers to read comics in their free time. The conclusion is that public libraries could enlarge their comic book collections for young people and attract a larger number of readers of this age through planned acquisition.

Keywords:

Generation Z, Postmillennials, comics, discourse, hypertext, public libraries, Municipal Public Library „Veljko Petrović” Žabalj

Submitted: 12th May 2025
Correction to the manuscript: 4th October 2025
Accepted for publication: 12th October 2025

Comics Between Generation Z and Public Libraries by Suzana Uzelac is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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