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if people are reading less, why haven't scores dropped more dramatically? The answer gets to the most significant sleight of hand of the NEA study: its studies are heavily biased towards words on a printed page
A recent study by the British Library of onscreen research activities found that "new forms of 'reading' are emerging as users 'power browse' ... "
"Whatever the benefits of newer electronic media, they provide no measurable substitute for the intellectual and personal development initiated and sustained by frequent reading."
The only reason the intellectual benefits are not measurable is that they haven't been measured yet. There have been almost no studies that have looked at the potential positive impact of electronic media.
I challenge the NEA to track the economic status of obsessive novel readers and obsessive computer programmers over the next 10 years. Which group will have more professional success in this climate?
internet users generally are better educated and more interested politically. And among young people under 30, use of the internet to learn about the campaign has a greater impact on knowledge than does level of education.

This link has been bookmarked by 14 people . It was first bookmarked on 09 Feb 2008, by Ognjen Strpić.

27 May 09

Tom Butler
This article argues that the NEA report discovering a decline in literacy is biased against online reading. An interesting case.Steven Johnson is the author of Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter

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01 May 09

Tim Jacob
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26 Aug 08

Lynne Jones
"All of which raises an interesting question: if people are reading less, why haven't scores dropped more dramatically? The answer gets to the most significant sleight of hand of the NEA study: its studies are heavily biased towards words on a printed pag

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25 Aug 08

L@jost EU project
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24 Aug 08

Howard Rheingold
All of which raises an interesting question: if people are reading less, why haven't scores dropped more dramatically? The answer gets to the most significant sleight of hand of the NEA study: its studies are heavily biased towards words on a printed page

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04 May 08

Sharon Elin
Steven Johnson's article: "Dawn of the Digital Natives - Is Reading Declining?" in The Guardian

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02 Apr 08

Michel Roland
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- if people are reading less, why haven't scores dropped more dramatically? The answer gets to the most significant sleight of hand of the NEA study: its studies are heavily biased towards words on a printed page
- A recent study by the British Library of onscreen research activities found that "new forms of 'reading' are emerging as users 'power browse' ... "
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- - "Whatever the benefits of newer electronic media, they provide no measurable substitute for the intellectual and personal development initiated and sustained by frequent reading."
  - The only reason the intellectual benefits are not measurable is that they haven't been measured yet. There have been almost no studies that have looked at the potential positive impact of electronic media.
  - I challenge the NEA to track the economic status of obsessive novel readers and obsessive computer programmers over the next 10 years. Which group will have more professional success in this climate?
  - internet users generally are better educated and more interested politically. And among young people under 30, use of the internet to learn about the campaign has a greater impact on knowledge than does level of education.
15 Feb 08

Lisa Spiro
Sig. of digital media: Steven Johnson (Everything Bad is Good For You)

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09 Feb 08

tuffnellpark
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- Dawn of the digital natives. If you believe a scary US report, reading is on the decline. But, says Steven Johnson, it completely fails to consider the amount that we do every day on our computers
08 Feb 08

Tuija Aalto
"novel readers may have declined by 10%, but the number of bloggers has gone from zero to 25 million"

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Ognjen Strpić
What separates the Google generation from postwar generations is the shift from largely image-based passive media to largely text-based interactive media.

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07 Feb 08

Cam Good
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