Carolyn Jack
Editor and CEO, Geniocity.comA project of The Genius Group LLC
Creative Nerve
February 09th, 2010 | Uncategorized
Is innovation wiping out reading?
Fascinating story in Duke Magazine about the abrupt changes taking place in the culture of reading. I think it’s especially interesting that not until the very end of the discussion, and then only obliquely, did anyone touch on the idea of reading as an aesthetic experience involving the senses as well as the intellect.
Is reading only a process of absorbing written information or does the visual design of the book, the feel of natural materials such as leather and paper, the smell of ink, the gentle glow of light on pages (not from them) add up to something richer, more focused and more deeply informing than characters on a screen?
February 11th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I read recently that the current generation (roughly under the age of 20) actually read more content than any previous generation, but that they do so in different, less formal formats. Most notably on a computer or smart phone screen and infrequently from actual books.