Impact of media on reading habits


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In recent times, there is a considerable debate on how the rapidly growing technology influences reading behavior or habits. Reading is considered as a lifelong tool for learning. It has critical role to play in the overall development of an individual and the group of individual. Through reading one can get the experience of others life, it helps in extending knowledge.

Due to the technological development we have got, changes the reading behavior of an individual. In reality, we can rightly say that technologies are taking a firm power over human’s lives in this modern world. The habit of reading is decreasing day by day especially amongst students i.e. our future heroes. Students now lack the skill of reading. Instead, they spend more hours on electronic media. Browsing the net, playing games and passing non-stop SMSs all these seems  to be their routine  for  the day, in this manner making reading a book or any other piece of written material in a quiet or peaceful corner of a library or home become an outdated idea for most school children . Now a day  Not only for the children’s, have even the adults done the same Clearing the exams is the only motive of the students, which makes them, read their books they are not at all interested in reading for pleasure or for enjoyment or gaining or extending knowledge.

Let us discuss the major technologies take role in affecting or influencing reading habits or behaviors

Internet: –            The use of internet really made people lazier. As of now even newspaper readers is being declining day by day. As they think reading as a waste of time, instead they think they could play games, chat with friends, or browse internet or participating in social networking sites, which will make them feel fresh. In fact, it is addiction what makes them feel such. Internet was made or discover for the purpose of gaining or sharing knowledge but here the situation is something else. It is the mistake of we internet user not of internet, we could even make use of internet in a positive manner, as it provides variety of E-books to its user. If one is bored of reading actual books, one could just consider it as an alternative and shall start reading E-books, which would be more interesting for him as he would get a change.

Mobile phones: –   There may be internet as a biggest source of entertainment for the children’s or students but it does not mean that it is easy to get teens off cell phone or mobile phones. Cell phones are now became a lifeline for the people right from the senior peoples to school going children’s. As it consists of all the features, which would entertain them whenever they are bored or while they have nothing to do. Earlier books i.e. people used to read books replaced the same. However, which affects the reading behavior in a mass way.

Television: –       Television can be rightly said to be as visual newspaper. Yes! Newspaper reading is a activity carried on by majority of the people in the country with the interest or eagerness to know about the happenings in and around them and their country. This is being replacing by news channels in television. It seems to be less time consuming then reading practically the theoretically written matters but the fact is it is endangering the reading behavior of people.

 

It is important to use technology that can help develop active, creative and thoughtful readers, equipped with the skills and strategies but at the same time. However, at the same time phonetic, word building, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension can be successfully aided only by reading and learning so never neglect reading. It is never late to start anything new. Therefore, if u does not have the habit of reading just try to develop it, one day you will find it interesting and you will make it as your hobby!


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Muthu Konar

a proud BMSite from V.k.krishna menon college, bhandup (E).

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