Do people read less nowadays because of technology?
Ever since I got the new iPhone 4S a few months ago, I've been reading significantly fewer books than I did before I got it. I've been reading my friends' Twitter updates and badly written Yahoo articles on my iPhone instead.
I used to read one book every two weeks (usually a Victorian novel), but now I read one book a month. I also get distracted more easily when I'm reading because my iPhone beeps every time someone texts or messages me…
Do people read less nowadays because of technology?
I think so yes. I certainly do. I suppose that before such technology existed there weren't many better things to do on a rainy day than read. Everytime I want to sit down and finish a book, I won't because I'll be thinking of what I'm missing on Facebook or whatever.
Yes. Once, I haven't have TV for a whole year. It was a few years ago, and I didn't have any fancy cell phone either. I had no technology and all I did was read. And play board games. But mostly read. I had no distractions from technology. I just had books and different worlds. I really miss that.
Definitely.
Technology is supposedly the way forward and in your situation i believe it is right. You can read classic books mostly for free on ibooks and if you feel distraction you can switch it to airplane mode which won't disturb you until you switch it back to normal.
And if you are one of those people who like to physically HOLD the book, then you can do and just switch the phone to airplane mode to keep things peacefull.
Stupid people do, yes. Smart people don't.
I read less because 1. I have a short attention span and 2. I get a little too hooked on Facebook, Flickr, and working on my blog.
It also doesn't help that I have a husband and my dad lives with us right now in a 2 bedroom apartment with little room to go elsewhere to read. I still make time where I can though even if it means doing so while on the toilet. Haha.
I can't speak for everyone but I do think some people; myself included, read less partially because of technology. Doesn't make me or anyone else stupid, just easily distracted.
- Why do so many people go crazy for new gadgets and technology? Queue up for days just to be the first to get a new iPhone… Upgrading things when the old one works just fine… Why do people want the newest "in" thing so much? What's wrong with buying a phone and keeping it for 5 years until it breaks down and THEN replacing it?
- Why do people want to get the latest technology? I still have an iPhone 4S, it's working fine except the home button is messed up but I can live with it. Because the phone can still be used to call and do what phones do. Why do people feel the need to buy the latest Phone when they don't need it?
- Why are people like this nowadays? How come just because i don't have an iphone or the best 200$ shoes i'm not important to anyone at school?
- Why are elderly people so confused with technology most of the time? My grandma has had an iPhone for years and still doesn't know how to use it… She always asks me to help her with things that are so simple. Same with my granddad and my older aunts and uncles. They seem like they don't know how to use the simplest user friendly technology and when me or someone else who is young fixes it so easily they think were magicians. I know they didn't grow up with technology but really, is it that hard to figure out? (Not trying to offend anyone btw)