Paper over Screens
In the article "Paper vs Digital Reading is an Exhausted Debate" written by the author Nick Harkaway, it is argued that the digital revolution will continue to grow and will never stop. Moreover, that technology has more pros than cons especially when it comes to e-books .Harkaway praises books in some parts, but his main talk was about technology; he says that technology is becoming a portion of the globe that we inhabit at a level below our notice, and technology is as important as roads or supermarkets. I disagree with Harkaway’s opinion in his article. Paper reading is better because it is simple, traditional and more enjoyable.
Digital reading does have some pros. It saves space; it would be like having a library in your pocket. People can access their digital library really fast, and it will save you from a piling book crisis. According to Harkaway, "There are fewer and fewer venues where digital technology has made no impact – and where there's a digital device, there are ebooks, at least in potential" (Harkaway, …show more content…
Harkaway lists in his article over 6 advantages of digital reading. Regardless of the advantages listed, paper reading has its advantages too. According to the academic journal "The Effect Of Format On Performance: Editing Text In Print Versus Digital Formats", Reading from digital displays exceptionally from computer screens, creates harsh usability problems that the readers have to cope with. Some of these problems are the long reading distance from a computer screen, the long lines of text on the present expansive computer screens and the setback of advancing the eye stare from line to line as reading, and the blurriness of text on screens. Moreover, the article addresses a study that asked 93 university students to read, edit, recognize errors and improve a 600 word essay on paper and digital formats. The performance on the digital format was faster, but the results were the
In the article "Paper vs Digital Reading is an Exhausted Debate" written by the author Nick Harkaway, it is argued that the digital revolution will continue to grow and will never stop. Moreover, that technology has more pros than cons especially when it comes to e-books .Harkaway praises books in some parts, but his main talk was about technology; he says that technology is becoming a portion of the globe that we inhabit at a level below our notice, and technology is as important as roads or supermarkets. I disagree with Harkaway’s opinion in his article. Paper reading is better because it is simple, traditional and more enjoyable.
Digital reading does have some pros. It saves space; it would be like having a library in your pocket. People can access their digital library really fast, and it will save you from a piling book crisis. According to Harkaway, "There are fewer and fewer venues where digital technology has made no impact – and where there's a digital device, there are ebooks, at least in potential" (Harkaway, …show more content…
Harkaway lists in his article over 6 advantages of digital reading. Regardless of the advantages listed, paper reading has its advantages too. According to the academic journal "The Effect Of Format On Performance: Editing Text In Print Versus Digital Formats", Reading from digital displays exceptionally from computer screens, creates harsh usability problems that the readers have to cope with. Some of these problems are the long reading distance from a computer screen, the long lines of text on the present expansive computer screens and the setback of advancing the eye stare from line to line as reading, and the blurriness of text on screens. Moreover, the article addresses a study that asked 93 university students to read, edit, recognize errors and improve a 600 word essay on paper and digital formats. The performance on the digital format was faster, but the results were the