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Digital readings may have its benefits comChallenges of reading in Digital Age Digital readings may have its benefits compared to printed readings. For example, digital readings such as e-books are useful for readers. According to Hanho Jeong (2012), two of the most popular reasons for using e-books include their “searchability” and the fact that they are available 24 hours a day. Readers can read anytime and at anywhere as well they want. Readers also can find specific content more efficiently by using some search strategies like Boolean, truncation, wildcard, and keywords. This probably will save both time and energy on searching. In the other hand, digital reading also using less paper and environmental friendly. It also provides fewer space advantages. For example, printed material such as book needs more space for storage, while the digital reading can save a lot of space. A reader can store the reading material on many devices such as smartphones, tablets, computers, etc. Besides, digital readings are easy to carry compared to printed reading. Not only that, in digital reading, the “font size be changed as desired” (Nilgün Tosun, 2014). This is because the certain reading material can have a too small font and it can cause the reader unable enjoying their reading. But, with digital reading, it is really useful because readers can instantly adjust the font size or change their darkness. As a result, they will easily and enjoy reading that material on the screen. In…

Ignorance As human technology advances quickly, paper-printed books are no longer needed. Companies such as Google and Amazon create digital books, that are known as ebooks, to replace paper-printed books. Ebooks are often cheaper than paper-printed books, and conservative consumers will choose to buy a Kindle or read an ebook in their computer to boost their savings. Slowly, all books will eventually be digitized, and paper-printed books are no longer existed. The society have abridged the…

The aroma of aged and contemporary books when you saunter into the library building, would you miss that? Touching books, writing in them, highlighting them, bookmarking them. Libraries are suffused with so many different resources for researching rather than just books. The card catalog categorizes all the books and where to locate them. Now this process has gone electronically along with the mechanism of checking out books. Is this the future of libraries, a virtual library where everything is…

about a “bad guy”. “When it comes to reading books with a child most adults who have read both print and e-books, think that print books are the better option”. This is what was said by the Pew Research Center about digital books for kids. In today 's environment there is an issue, opportunity and need exists. This being using literature skills to introduce social awareness to children. Children take in critical literacy challenges to use the power of language to make a difference in their…

“For nearly four years, publishing industry watchers and professionals have been saying the same thing: ‘There’s never been a more exciting time to be in publishing.’ In some regards, they are still accurate; new technologies and new platforms are launching every day, and new opportunities for readers, writers, booksellers, and publishers are being created all the time.”(Pilkington) In modern society, technology is constantly changing and improving the quality of life. With people using…

E-Reading: Jeopardizing the Humanities The evolution of technology is becoming a significant part of the education system. It is deemed to be more cost and time efficient than the standard paper and pencil tactic. Universities are more dependent on the internet for text books, journals, and scholarly articles. Although some classes benefit from this innovative strategy, others suffer. Author Naomi Baron’s article “How E-Reading Threatens Learning in the Humanities” focuses on the problematic…

There are many differences between the textbook chapter in eLearn and the textbook in connect. There also many similarities between the two. First the textbook chapters in eLearn get straight to the point, and it does not use any extra words in the chapter. The Connect textbook uses more in depth wording, and it explains it as much as it can. ELearn is not really the usual textbook, it is more of a step by step process you go through to read and learn the information. To many people this is very…

I know that trading in our paper books for digital versions will cause some problems. Paper books are easier for students; they cause no temptations, better for health, and no battery. They also the cost of the digital versions, have them on the go, easy to see in sunlight, and easy to carry around. There are so many reason why paper books should not be thrown away and be replaced with digital books and here is why. To start with paper books are easier for students and they cause no…

Basing on his personal experience, the author of this article addressed both the pros and cons of ereaders, and his feeling was a representative of people who faced the emergence of ereaders. First, he talked about his experience of purchasing his first ereader, a Kindle. Because there were too many kinds of ereaders in the market at that time, and new one never stopped coming out all the time, the author did not know which to buy after he got various advice from friends. When a new ereader came…

In many ways the internet has began to directly impact and effect our lives. Whether the internet makes a task more simple or just enhances the production of mass communications, The internet can be proven responsible or somehow related. This is true in almost every form of communications because of the weight of the influence the internet holds. These forms of communication can include writing, the alphabet, printing, all the way to the radio and television we watch today. the internet relates…