On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney <crowyhead@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3@ckt.net> wrote:Yeah, I'm with you on that. I also find that I read more slowly and
> Paper is still the medium for
> books that I want to keep: I don't trust the Kindle for permanence. It
> might die before I do. Computer stuff tends to do that.
retain less when I read on an e-reader. I'm not entirely sure why; I
think the slower reading is due to less print fitting on one "page" of
my Nook, possibly, but I can't quite explain the retention. I don't
seem to have that problem with reading news articles on a computer
screen, so it's not just the digital medium.
Kirsten
There has been research that show people read more slowly but less accurately, and retain less, when reading from a computer screen. The first studies were done in the 80's on early screens that resembled tvs, and speculation was that it had to do with contrast between print and background, and "character features" (aka fonts). Replication studies seem to indicate that while things have improved with better screens, screen reading efficacy is still not equal to the printed page for most people. I am not aware of any research having been done with e-readers.
For myself, I read "better" from print than computer, but haven't found a huge difference from my kindle. However, the inability to write margin notes keeps my kindle for recreational reading; anything I want to read carefully, use for teaching, research, etc. is on paper. Typing in notes that go to a back page collection rather than being immediately visible on the side of the page just doesn't work for me. Also, I like being able to flip back whole sections to double check references, conclusions with lit review statements, etc. can't do that with the ebook.
Jane
For myself, I read "better" from print than computer, but haven't found a huge difference from my kindle. However, the inability to write margin notes keeps my kindle for recreational reading; anything I want to read carefully, use for teaching, research, etc. is on paper. Typing in notes that go to a back page collection rather than being immediately visible on the side of the page just doesn't work for me. Also, I like being able to flip back whole sections to double check references, conclusions with lit review statements, etc. can't do that with the ebook.
Jane
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