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Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows

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Re: Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows

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Post by bluefirebrand »

galleywest200 wrote: post #6
windows_hater_7 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not a rigorous response, but Minecraft.

Kids were playing a ton of online games before Minecraft.

Yes and no

Up until the 2010s I think it was still a lot less socially normal to play a lot of games. We reached a tipping point somewhere that went from gaming being a sometimes activity for kids to basically every kid plays games

Most of the people in my high school in the 2000s didn't play games as a primary hobby. Only a few of my friends had a PC for games or a console. It wasn't nearly as ubiquitous as it is now.

Re: Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows

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Post by lawn »

general1465 wrote: post #8

I am not reading either for pleasure. I am reading so much during my daily life (Documentation, coding, manuals, logs) that reading for pleasure sounds like a bad joke.

That difference is like comparing taking a piss and having sex. While you use the same body part the experiences are not at all alike.

Re: Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows

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Post by prds_lost »

boombapoom wrote: post #9

we have phones and tables to blame. The less of those, the more of reading.

*proceeds to shake fist at table.

"Damn you four legged abomination; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee"

Re: Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows

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Post by bryanlarsen »

damnesian wrote: post #2

The acceleration point for both age groups studied is 2012. What happened that year? The article doesn't try to answer this. Might be mentioned in the study I suppose.

Instagram/Android was 2012. (Instagram iOS was late 2010). But not just Instagram; 2012 was about the time that social media really started adopting the dark patterns.

Re: Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows

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Post by Triphibian »

windows_hater_7 wrote: post #4
fatnoah wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Possibly (probably?) a coincidence, but it did look like broad changes to how reading was taught started to land in 2010-2012: https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/common-standards-dr... The real culprit is probably more in line with far more alternatives to reading for entertainment.

Not a rigorous response, but Minecraft.

YouTube.
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