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28 Jul 08
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Rob McCraeSo the unending debate over whether or not reading on the Internet is “really”
reading gets played out
once again in this New York Times piece titled “
Literacy
Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?
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27 Jul 08
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So here’s the crux of the debate:
As teenagers’ scores on standardized reading tests have declined or stagnated, some argue that the hours spent prowling the Internet are the enemy of reading — diminishing literacy, wrecking attention spans and destroying a precious common culture that exists only through the reading of books.
But others say the Internet has created a new kind of reading, one that schools and society should not discount. The Web inspires a teenager like Nadia, who might otherwise spend most of her leisure time watching television, to read and write.
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