Is The Internet Killing Reading? (Or Helping It?)
"As teenagers' scores on standardized reading tests have declined or stagnated, some argue that the hours spent prowling the Internet are the enemy of reading -- diminishing literacy, wrecking attention spans and destroying a precious common culture that exists only through the reading of books. But others say the Internet has created a new kind of reading, one that schools and society should not discount." The New York Times 07/27/08

Posted July 27, 2008 08:40 PM