A flipbook designed to raise awareness of the effect that digital reading has on not only our education, but our ability to read offline and in other settings as well. Glaring statistics and clear narration aim to convince the viewer that this is in fact a prevalent issue facing consumers of digital media.
2. TL;
DR
is
an
acronym
used
on
Internet
discussion
boards
and
social
media
which
stands
for
“too
long;
didn’t
read”.
However,
the
implicaUons
of
this
phenomenon
reach
far
beyond
our
Facebook
pages.
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credit:
h,ps://www.flickr.com/photos/kchrist/2192554733/
3. The
average
online
reader
will
quit
aXer
viewing
only
18%
of
a
given
arUcle.
Photo
credit:
h,p://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Trompe_l'oeuil_Collage_F_18_Jh.jpg
4. Not
only
does
this
affect
society
as
a
whole,
but
as
students,
we
should
be
especially
perturbed.
We
rely
on
deep-‐thinking
and
reading
every
day
in
our
studies.
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credit:
h,p://www.flickr.com/photos/abee5/8314929977/
5. I
worry
that
the
superficial
way
we
read
during
the
day
is
affecUng
us
when
we
have
to
read
with
more
in-‐
depth
processing”.
-‐ Maryanne
Wolf,
TuXs
University
NeuroscienUst
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credit:
h,p://penguinplaysrough.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/tree-‐of-‐codes1.jpg
6. In
2012,
CollegeBoard
(the
company
which
organizes
the
SAT’s)
released
shocking
data
poinUng
out
that
students
who
took
the
test
that
year
had
scored
the
lowest
scores
since
1972
on
the
English/Reading
secUon.
The
average
student
scored
496
out
of
800.
Students
simply
are
not
as
prepared
as
they
used
to
be
when
compleUng
university
level
reading
and
wriUng.
Photo
credit:
h,p://www.flickr.com/photos/83633410@N07/7658051014/
7. The
ability
to
not
only
read,
but
to
read
deeply,
read
effecUvely,
and
read
criUcally,
is
a
gateway
for
knowledge.
Without
these
skills,
students
will
inevitably
struggle.
Photo
credit:
h,p://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/flickr-‐281194868-‐hd.jpg
8. A
Swedish
study
by
Erik
Wastlund
found
that...
You
are
less
a,enUve,
and
have
a
harder
Ume
remembering
text
on
a
screen.
Photo
credit:
h,p://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Amazon_Kindle_Fire_HD_8.9%22_Tablet_Japanese_EdiUon.JPG
9. Digital
technology
has
increased
our
access
to
informaUon,
yet
simultaneously
hurt
our
ability
to
digest
it.
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credit:
h,p://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/IPad_1_PSD_Mockup.png
10.
11. “51%
of
Americans
are
acUve
on
Facebook”
“50%
of
Americans
can
not
read
a
eighth-‐grade
level
book”
Photo
credit:
h,p://www.markeUngfacts.nl/berichten/maak-‐je-‐facebook-‐plannen-‐op-‐orde-‐in-‐2-‐webinars
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credit:
h,p://pixabay.com/en/book-‐open-‐pages-‐library-‐books-‐92771/
12. How
can
students
be
prepared
to
read
these?....
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credit:
h,ps://www.flickr.com/photos/78572993@N00/2226696853/
13. When
half
of
American
adults
can
not
read
something
like
this..
Photo
credit:
h,ps://www.flickr.com/photos/sewtechnicolor/6320407696/
14. Maybe
it
is
*me
for
more
of
this…
Photo
credit:
h,ps://www.flickr.com/photos/uniinnsbruck/3723226694
15. and
less
of
this…
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credit:
h,p://www.flickr.com/photos/markrabo/4528466050/
16. In
the
absence
of
Parkinson’s
or
Alzheimer’s
disease,
The
human
brain
remains
relaUvely
plasUc
throughout
life.
Photo
credit:
h,ps://www.flickr.com/photos/lapolab/5525841894/
17. With
a
li,le
pracUce
and
changing
a
few
bad
habits,
we
can
change
how
we
think,
and
how
we
read.
We
can
change
this…
Photo
credit:
h,ps://www.flickr.com/photos/jayswww/445116523/
18.
Into
this,
and
take
back
our
knowledge
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credit:
h,ps://www.flickr.com/photos/kimmanleyort/8362370052
19. So
challenge
the
norm.
Get
out
there
and
pick
up
one
of
these.
Read
from
cover
to
cover.
Connect,
learn,
and
wonder.
Photo
credit:
h,ps://www.flickr.com/photos/ruifernandes/4895386733/
20. Who
knows
It
might
be
a
li,le
more
social
than
you
think!
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credit:
h,ps://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalnc/8264906078
