Based upon the concepts of literacy, media systems and mosaic media, supported by an off-line concept of hypertext, this work discusses the relationship established by readers groups with the reading of newspapers. This case study was carried out with undergraduates at a private school in Belo Horizonte. From questionnaire-generated reading profiles, a group of 23 students was selected to make tests on navigation and on reading. The sudents had to answer questions, which were proposed in accordance with Saeb exam reading abilities matrix. The results show that good navigators may be low proficient readers and good readers may be poor navigators. So, it was possible to conclude that reading depends upon the development of many other abilities, independently of the reading platform; that reading is built up from a complex superposition of abilities.
Digital Literacy; Hypertext; Digital Journalism; Reading abilities