Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Reading Online?

How much is read online? Little, apparently. See Mark Bauerlein, “Online Literacy Is a Lesser Kind: Slow Reading Counterbalances Web Skimming,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 19, 2008, available from: http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i04/04b01001.htm.

Below: An illustration of the “F” pattern of reading described in the article.