When the article ‘Is Google making us stupid?’ by Nicholas Carr in 2008, it ignited plenty of debates from different medias and scholars. Although, Nicholas primarily focused on Google, the general consensus is that he was using Google as a cover for internet. His inspiration foe writing the article was because of his difficulty in concentration while reading long texts. He found out that the internet was capable of having a far greater consequence on our comprehension and learning capacities. The internet and various technological advances have changed the way we conceive various actions and do business (Cheong& Park, 2005 p. 63). Data from the Internet world stats shows that the number of people with access to internet grew by over 500%
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He further argues that, hyperlinks have the ability to distract readers; numerous advertisements on web pages also cause disruption to readers and are also unethical. Therefore, online reading is regarded as a poor form of reading compared to reading papers and books (Moje & Pugh, 2009, p.6). Despite the large numbers of online readers, most of them still prefer to print out the information and read it in hard copy (Liu & Huang, 2007, p.12). in general readers with larger documents prefer reading them manually while those with short documents read online (Shaikh & chapparo, 2004, …show more content…
While some researchers have outlined some very powerful merits of online reading, others has criticized the negative impact online reading has on reading patterns and cognition. However, there are very limited studies that have emphasized on the critical matter of the impact of internet on the greater reading behavior patterns. The studies that exists such as those of Coiro and Dobler (2007, p.22), Liu (2005, p.55) and Siegenthaler (2011, p.44), have a limited s cope of study in relation to age group and their technicality. There are very limited studies concerning the challenges of internet and traditional hard copy reading specifically on adults. Therefore, this research aims at addressing this gap, as well as gaining important knowledge on the implications that internet reading is having on their learning
He further argues that, hyperlinks have the ability to distract readers; numerous advertisements on web pages also cause disruption to readers and are also unethical. Therefore, online reading is regarded as a poor form of reading compared to reading papers and books (Moje & Pugh, 2009, p.6). Despite the large numbers of online readers, most of them still prefer to print out the information and read it in hard copy (Liu & Huang, 2007, p.12). in general readers with larger documents prefer reading them manually while those with short documents read online (Shaikh & chapparo, 2004, …show more content…
While some researchers have outlined some very powerful merits of online reading, others has criticized the negative impact online reading has on reading patterns and cognition. However, there are very limited studies that have emphasized on the critical matter of the impact of internet on the greater reading behavior patterns. The studies that exists such as those of Coiro and Dobler (2007, p.22), Liu (2005, p.55) and Siegenthaler (2011, p.44), have a limited s cope of study in relation to age group and their technicality. There are very limited studies concerning the challenges of internet and traditional hard copy reading specifically on adults. Therefore, this research aims at addressing this gap, as well as gaining important knowledge on the implications that internet reading is having on their learning