摘要：Literary readings enhance socio-cultural sensibility and transform our thoughts for a more valuable life. The paper investigates the role of Facebook in providing easy access to and enhancing literary readings of Pakistani university teachers and students in informal contexts. For this purpose, a qualitative study was conducted. The data were collected from three universities in Lahore via an online semi-structured survey. Sixty-one (N=61) university students participated in the survey. Five university teachers were interviewed to triangulate the results. The interview results were coded and divided into five themes. The study revealed that Facebook is very popular amongst university teachers and students for informal lifelong learning in personal environments and it helps to enhance their exposure to literary pieces, adds to their knowledge, and cultivates literary taste. However, the respondents were concerned about the authenticity of the texts available on the pages. The researchers emphasize the usefulness of Facebook as an informal educational resource for lifelong learning providing an effective personal learning environment (PLE) for literary readings and discussions. The study concludes that multimodal literary texts facilitate access to literary pieces and inspire them to read more.
关键词：Facebook;literary readings;informal education;lifelong learning;social media;social construction
