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If I own the book I generally make notes on the first few pages of either facts I didn't know or other books or references to look up.
Giesela said---"I read mostly british/scottish/irish police type mysteries with some other stuff sprinkled in. So I'm often googling slang on my phone. I stop and google on my phone a lot. Also liquors, foods etc. I also call up towns and areas a lot on google maps."
I am involved with a "Friends of the Library" group locally and I was amazed by how little people read
There has developed a rush to social media with a resulting decline in the attention span. (Supposedly) because books are "linear", ie, you progress from the start to the end without the distractions of clicking on hyperlinks, highlighting and doing a search in the middle of a sentence, etc., you develop greater powers of attention. Using a smartphone, tablet, or whatever else, enables easier distraction, and, resultant decline in powers of focus.
Following is a link to a Microsoft study on attention spans---
"The rise of gadget use in the 21st century means our lives have become increasingly more digital at home, work, and school. In the U.S., nearly two-thirds of Americans are smartphone owners, with many users utilizing their phones for online access, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll. More than half of these smartphone users admit to using their phone in the past year to look up information about a health condition, but at what cost?.....
“Heavy multi-screeners find it difficult to filter out irrelevant stimuli — they’re more easily distracted by multiple streams of media,†according to the report.
The researchers did find generational differences when it came to mobile use. Young respondents were more likely to display addiction-like behaviors when it came to their devices. For example, 77 percent of people aged 18 to 24 responded “yes†when asked “When nothing is occupying my attention, the first thing I do is reach for my phone,†compared with only 10 percent of those over age 65. Out of the 18 to 24 age group, more than half admit to checking their phone every 30 minutes or less and over three-fourths used their portable devices while watching TV."
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