Article review + analysis

Mangen study – been around for several years studying human reading on different platforms.

Improvement of e-paper now changes things. More accurate and speed isn’t a con anymore but more of a pro.

Still there are problems when it comes to memorizing on screen rather than on paper.

Exeperiments for above – done under academic settings – differences between the two platforms show no obvious difference.

People need to be experimented in real life situations one would be caught in when reading – be it on screen and/or paper.

Author – what he reads on screen doesn’t seem to stick to him as much as on paper. – maybe upbringing  in a different situation to a kid today – screen wasn’t always available or so advanced. Nowadays people are used to it as they are brought up and born into this age of technological advancement.

Concentrated reading – decreasing a lot nowadays because of the change in lifestyle – everyone is busy, doing several things at once and on the go. No time to lose ourselves in literature and comprehension.

Author personal – still finds himself deep reading – but on print – doesn’t find himself doing it on kindlewhite. Distractions, tiring.

We need to think of screen and print as two completely opposed platforms and interfaces. Not one replacing the other but as used for certain things and not others.

Paper – novels

Screen – scanning and browsing

Students seem to grasp information better through paper – 2004 study and another study by Erik Wastlund at Sweden Karlstad Uni.

Wastlund – a student seems to understand and concentrate more if they can see the material presented infront of them plain and clear. If they need to scrool through a document, piece of literature on screen they struggle – distractions and the need to focus again from one starting point to another.

Wastlund – all studies ended in 2005 – things have changed slightly till now but his research still very valid and we are basically still in the same situation. Loads of studies have been carried forward but we still don’t have the perfect answer to our questions.

The physical experience of a book  - the feeling of touch – helps the source of information to the reader.

Book pages – pairs

Screem – single (scroll down)

Jager-Adams agrees: “I think until they solve those problems, there are a number of people who will find that reading longer, more complex texts is difficult on a Kindle or tablet.”

Rakefet Ackerman’s study – students grasp and remember information beter through paper than on screen. They think otherwise but tests prove this correct.

Time and practice could change this. It all depends how you adapt yourself and get used to reading on screen.

It all depends on the person – if they like dreadin off of screen, they will learn more and faster and obsorb information that way  + vice versa. [personal preference].

                           

Need to take into consideration elements such as time, indivisual person, the text, the situation, dyslexia, short attention span etc.

Deep reading – paper book – if studies prove that this is the only way in which a reader can completely understand and lose themselves in then books should be appreciated and kept at heart.

Keim, B. , 2014. Why the Smart Reading Device of the Future May Be ... Paper. WIRED, [online] Available at: http://www.wired.com/2014/05/reading-on-screen-versus-paper/. [Accessed 13 December 2014].