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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
The problem with bemoaning the "damage" that social media and "skim"-reading can have on how we perceive/approach literature is that it ignores the fact that most Readers (capital R) have always had several different reading "modes" at their disposal. Even before the internet we were capable of switching between news/article-, study-, entertainment-, and "deeply refective-" modes of reading.
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I think this is absolutely true and being able to do so is the mark of a skilled reader.
With the advent of social media and the Education system giving less emphasis upon being able to memorise, what I do think has changed is the concentration span of younger readers which has to have an effect upon reading habits.