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Study: Rumors of Written-Word Death Greatly Exaggerated | Epicenter | Wired.com
"We’re reading far more words than we used to as we adopt new technologies... Reading, which was in decline due to the growth of TV, tripled from 1980 to 2008, because it is the overwhelmingly preferred way to receive words on the Internet,” found a University of San Diego study "... Americans consumed 3.6 billion terabytes of info last year, averaging 11.8 hours of info consumption per day. Video and videogames constituted 55% of those bytes, but on average, Americans read 36% of the 100,500 words they consume each day.... a glance at FB feeds reveals that we’re almost certainly writing more than we used to, as well... "The Internet is about the death of the written word as a means of exchange and a store of value,” writes Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. “As a method of conveying info, written words are inefficient and ambiguous… thus, textual minimalism is replacing books.” that “textual minimalism” sure adds up fast — a decent % of status updates include links to longer blog posts and articles
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