People everywhere throughout the world have wondered why is reading important. There are numerous benefits that comes from reading. Its a vital fundamental to function in todays society. We discover new things by reading. Without that essential day to day activities will become a source of frustration. Furthermore, I have read two studies about the state reading. One, The End the World May Be Nigh, and It’s the Kindle Fault, which is from a student, Marcques Camp, who describes how the Kindle tablet has affected our society. Another one, The United States of (Non) Reading: The End of Civilization or a New Era? , from a Professor of Anthropology of the University of Notre Dame named Susan D. Blum. She explains how the medium of reading and
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Also, my attention span when reading books can easily get interrupted. The first time I was interested in books was when I first started reading The Harry Potter Series. This was sometime in elementary school. The books were quite advanced for my age; however, my grandmother was my source of help. She became my educator throughout elementary whenever I needed help with literature work outside of school. Since the books of my age didn’t interest me, I began reading books that were based off movies that I adored. Moreover, technology was not as advanced as in today’s society. When I was younger, my electronic for reading was a Leap Pad. The Leap Pad was advanced around the time of the late 90s and early 2000s. This gadget was in the shape of a notebook. Furthermore, this was my kindle at the time even though it was not as advanced and did not let you surf the web and other things. Although, I could not buy books from the web or a app store, I had to buy the Leap Frog books that were compatible to my device but they still can be read without it. Susan D. Blum mentioned that, “USA Today argued that digital devices increase book reading (on the devices)” (Blum 73). USA Today conducted a survey of people, from 2011 to 2013, who have an e-reader (kindle, etc.) or a tablet (iPad, etc.). From the years of 2011 to 2013, the e-reader increased from 10 percent to 24 percent, and the tablet increased from 10 percent to 32 percent. Even though the numbers of consumers have started to buy the product more does not mean that they are using them for literacy purposes. Moreover, the devices are
Also, my attention span when reading books can easily get interrupted. The first time I was interested in books was when I first started reading The Harry Potter Series. This was sometime in elementary school. The books were quite advanced for my age; however, my grandmother was my source of help. She became my educator throughout elementary whenever I needed help with literature work outside of school. Since the books of my age didn’t interest me, I began reading books that were based off movies that I adored. Moreover, technology was not as advanced as in today’s society. When I was younger, my electronic for reading was a Leap Pad. The Leap Pad was advanced around the time of the late 90s and early 2000s. This gadget was in the shape of a notebook. Furthermore, this was my kindle at the time even though it was not as advanced and did not let you surf the web and other things. Although, I could not buy books from the web or a app store, I had to buy the Leap Frog books that were compatible to my device but they still can be read without it. Susan D. Blum mentioned that, “USA Today argued that digital devices increase book reading (on the devices)” (Blum 73). USA Today conducted a survey of people, from 2011 to 2013, who have an e-reader (kindle, etc.) or a tablet (iPad, etc.). From the years of 2011 to 2013, the e-reader increased from 10 percent to 24 percent, and the tablet increased from 10 percent to 32 percent. Even though the numbers of consumers have started to buy the product more does not mean that they are using them for literacy purposes. Moreover, the devices are