Why is reading becoming less popular?

Guess what? You're reading right now! Yes you are! See, you're reading what I'm writing! Pime Taradox :onickmag

:lol: Can I use that?? "Pime Taradox"??? lol it's so funny!! I'm gonna say it at school tomorrow!!!! 

Guess what? You're reading right now! Yes you are! See, you're reading what I'm writing! Pime Taradox :onickmag

Guess what? You're reading right now! Yes you are! See, you're reading what I'm writing! Pime Taradox :onickmag

People are naturally lazy.  I have noticed the decrease in readers.  But I do try to read.lycrof

Well, reading doesn't require any physical activity so I don't think laziness is an issue...

Well, reading doesn't require any physical activity so I don't think laziness is an issue...

Fortier

Meh, reading is overrated, especially reading things with words on paper. Maytag should have kept him mouth shut, we don't need books in the future.videogamer456

Why is reading becoming less popular?

Because stupidity is becoming more popular.

I don't know, but like nobody in my group of friends read. I'm about the only one. disc0very

Same here, I'm a big reader but my friends just go on Myspace, and your avatar and sig are REALLY weird. 

I read alot, but my friends don't.  Its because many people have the attention span of a retarted goldfish.MM555

lol

I enjoy reading, but only certain kinds.  I enjoy mainly mythology and informational reading.

One thing i cant stand tho is the basic arch-type "classics" like "The Winter of Our Discontent".  Sorry, but i dont think listening to some man complain about his life, describe his town, and preach to a bunch of cans for 9999999 pages is very fun..... 

It's boring to most people, including me.jim_shorts

same here. 

i don't know , some of my friends tell me to stop reading in the school bus, or some people in school just laugh sometimes, but i think a book can be as a good as a movie and even better , i liked "kill a mockingbird" much more than some movies i seenalcarazo9

Really? I hated To Kill a Mockingbird. I'd much rather read something more interesting, it had a dull plot, I still can't believe I read the whole thing.

to be able to read is an acquired gift that shouldn't be wasted. a lot of the world is illiterate. it not only helps build verbal skills which foster interpersonal communication and written abilities, but it teaches one about the human condition, life, and self-understanding. i think reading is a tool that one should master in order to become a student of life itself. it sparks meaningful thought and reflection.

the popularity decline in reading is merely a logical consequence of the increase in availaibility of other forms of entertainment. the Internet, videogames, movies, TV, and so forth take people's time away from reading. i think everyone should read at least something, though, because otherwise it is a waste of a wonderful resource to possess. you can travel to different worlds and learn that integration and differentiation are inverse processes through books.

because kids these days are jsut illiterate bastages...:shock:.....seriously though.....if your parents don't read you won't......and people are too lazy to pick up books these days....everyone just watches TV.....Omni-Slash

Why is reading becoming less popular?

Because stupidity is becoming more popular.

Silver_Dragon17

I like reading too.:)

Easy explanation:

Watching tv uses less brain effort than sleeping

Videogaming uses less brain effort than reading

Reading is an extremely complex activity, where you have to sit, decode symbols, make them coherent, imagine everything you have read and keep the concentration.  Many people are too lazy and reading dies in that way.

Why do you think magazines sell more than books?? Because books require a HUGE mental effort, while mags, are particulary easy.

Easy explanation:

Watching tv uses less brain effort than sleeping

Videogaming uses less brain effort than reading

Reading is an extremely complex activity, where you have to sit, decode symbols, make them coherent, imagine everything you have read and keep the concentration. Many people are too lazy and reading dies in that way.

Why do you think magazines sell more than books?? Because books require a HUGE mental effort, while mags, are particulary easy.

curono

I hate it when you ask someone who's reading magazine what they're reading about and they laugh and go "I'm just looking at the pictures!"

That grinds my gears :angry: 

Easy explanation:

Watching tv uses less brain effort than sleeping

Videogaming uses less brain effort than reading

Reading is an extremely complex activity, where you have to sit, decode symbols, make them coherent, imagine everything you have read and keep the concentration. Many people are too lazy and reading dies in that way.

Why do you think magazines sell more than books?? Because books require a HUGE mental effort, while mags, are particulary easy.

curono

I hate it when you ask someone who's reading magazine what they're reading about and they laugh and go "I'm just looking at the pictures!"

That grinds my gears :x

because tv is better2ndWonder

You can't just supply an answer like that and not give reasons why :)

C'mon. spil teh beanz. 

[QUOTE="curono"]

Easy explanation:

Watching tv uses less brain effort than sleeping

Videogaming uses less brain effort than reading

Reading is an extremely complex activity, where you have to sit, decode symbols, make them coherent, imagine everything you have read and keep the concentration. Many people are too lazy and reading dies in that way.

Why do you think magazines sell more than books?? Because books require a HUGE mental effort, while mags, are particulary easy.

UbAdm

I hate it when you ask someone who's reading magazine what they're reading about and they laugh and go "I'm just looking at the pictures!"

That grinds my gears :x

See, magazines are just for half literate people. When you have pictures to recreate what you are reading, half of the effort made is done by watching the photo/picture, but if you get a REAL book (ie setting), you have to make your setting, your characters, your pace, your voices...

People are getting extremely lazy, and the danger in here is that reading makes you think in concepts while watching photos and videos (tv, mags) makes you think into images. That is a fundamental loss.

If any of you is really interested in this topic, you should read Homo videns: A videoculture by Giovanni Sartori. It will slap you. Danger is eminent

I read Wikipedia all the time. Don't have any time to read books leisurely because of school work, and my addiction to Gamespot, but I'll read more over the summer, though... I assume I have summer reading to do, too.

I don't see how it's boring.  

See, magazines are just for half literate people. When you have pictures to recreate what you are reading, half of the effort made is done by watching the photo/picture, but if you get a REAL book (ie setting), you have to make your setting, your characters, your pace, your voices...

People are getting extremely lazy, and the danger in here is that reading makes you think in concepts while watching photos and videos (tv, mags) makes you think into images. That is a fundamental loss.

If any of you is really interested in this topic, you should read Homo videns: A videoculture by Giovanni Sartori. It will slap you. Danger is eminent

curono

I've heard of that book before. Might check it out :)

[QUOTE="curono"]See, magazines are just for half literate people. When you have pictures to recreate what you are reading, half of the effort made is done by watching the photo/picture, but if you get a REAL book (ie setting), you have to make your setting, your characters, your pace, your voices...

People are getting extremely lazy, and the danger in here is that reading makes you think in concepts while watching photos and videos (tv, mags) makes you think into images. That is a fundamental loss.

If any of you is really interested in this topic, you should read Homo videns: A videoculture by Giovanni Sartori. It will slap you. Danger is eminent

UbAdm

I've heard of that book before. Might check it out :)

Good, and small. But beware, most people when finished to read that book, get worried of watching tv as a habit. It is an extremely  important alert to the world. He even proposes a step of involution, from homo sapiens, a man who thinks in concepts to homo videns, a man who can´t think in concepts.

Reading=Lame...PanPizza15

.......and why is that?