As a blogger I can’t help but support reading online, it pays the bills but it also gives me access to content I may never have found before the internet got to be so popular. I do however enjoy sitting down in a comfy chair with a non-electronic book at least once a day and indulging in reading the old fashioned way. Thus, it was with great intrigue that I sat down this morning (at my computer) to read a New York Times article entitled “Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?”
The article gives some personal examples of young folks who have made the internet their preferred reading material before getting into the heart of the arguement:
As teenagers’ scores on standardized reading tests have declined or stagnated, some argue that the hours spent prowling the Internet are the enemy of reading diminishing literacy, wrecking attention spans and destroying a precious common culture that exists only through the reading of books.
But others say the Internet has created a new kind of reading, one that schools and society should not discount. The Web inspires a teenager like Nadia, who might otherwise spend most of her leisure time watching television, to read and write. [NYTimes]
Nicole Hughes: 
Andy Kondrat:
Jon Popham: 
Giulia Rozzi:
Gina Telaroli: 
Yup, I’m a sucker for 
