Friday, September 12, 2014

Hope for the Future of Books

DBW


Television was going to rot our brains. Then it was video games. Today, it’s casual games like Candy Crush and seemingly mindless social networks like Snapchat that are the threat to the literacy of today’s youth.

But there were books back in the age of television and there are books today – and books continue to draw in young readers.

According to the latest report from Pew, younger Americans actually read books at a greater clip than older ones by some measures. And library use, contrary to popular wisdom, is not decreasing faster among youth.


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