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The whole conception is flawed at the top because people don't read anymore."

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young news readers are less likely to read printed newspapers

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The problem is not in readership decline, it seems, but in teen readership decline.

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the younger generation like to consume media for free and they have come to expect free content through online extensions.

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So is a diet of only digital media bad?

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I wonder if reading novels is really better for you than reading online source about current events in terms of stretching your mind.

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And because of blogs, forums, and email, I probably write several dozen pages worth of text each week, which is probably more than many members of previous generations can claim!

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on 2008-04-02 by bibliothecaire

It is perhaps not accurate to consider all kinds of writing, as well as all kinds of reading, as equivalent. This lack of distinction between different types or levels of reading/writing looks like a major flaw in most of teh discussion about reading decline, etc..

What is txt'ing if it's not reading?

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It's extremely helpful to use hyperlinks to flow between information, especially if you need to find specific interest points, but it hinders as you haven't had the full picture as the author intended.

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on 2008-04-02 by bibliothecaire

Digital reading (but the story began much much earlier) tends to reduce information to facts, which is a good thing when you are looking for facts. But the thinking part, the "knowledge" part is now up to you, with little help. See Wikipedia, which is unchallenged (more and more) to give facts but totaly lacking of style in the writing of the articles.

An article now should be constructed with an executive summary (less than 100 words, preferably less than 255 charcaters), and links to directly related information. If the entire article if covering a range of different topics, then it should be split into different posts. The entire Article length should not be more than two pages of A4. Otherwise it's rambling and should be split across more than one article.

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Reading fiction is being replaced by multimedia story-telling (on the web, TV, movies, elsewhere).

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I asked Steve Jobs about your post, and he said that people don't read posts that long any more.

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Yes, I read the Newspaper and news online, but I have become a big Science and non-fiction reader now.. I find myself buying books and looking for used book stores or the local library....So, on the weekends. I am reading more then ever beofore...

The secrete about the internet is that you need to know how to read to use it...

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Give people a mobile reading capable phone (e.g. iPhone) and great reading tool (e.g. www.textonphone.com for iPhone book reading) and people will quickly replace their other mobile snacking activities with the book reading.

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I am sure I am not alone in being able to say that I have never read as much during my life as in recent years

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I did watch way too much TV

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