The “R U Really Reading” article argues that the Internet is corrupting the human mind and has decreased the interest Americans once had in reading. Some countries are developing literacy tests for paper reading and Internet reading because its gotten to the point that everyone only indulges themselves in the Internet. Some consider that reading texts off the Internet is still considered the consumption of texts but to a different extent. People still, however, do not believe that consuming text off the Internet is the same as reading it on a traditional paperback book. Skeptics have argued this and this will consistently be the new argument for the 21^st century.

Event though reading off the Internet may be different to some, to me, it’s the same thing because your still consuming information from a text. It does not matter whether it’s from a book or a computer, its still reading, no matter what anyone says, when you’re perusing through a page and obtaining information off that page. Maybe it’s true that we, as a society, have grown extremely dependent on the Internet but we are still reading and perhaps more than we used too. I remember when the Internet wasn’t this advanced. I would never pick up a book or read anything on paper, not even my homework. Now I can read everything off the Internet and even have my homework right in front of me. In reality, it’s definitely more convenient this way and reading is still reading on the Internet.

How can someone ever say that reading is different when it's on paper?

Is it possible that people are being obsessive about this issue that seems a little inconsequential?

Do you think people are even reading more now since there are so many interesting applications one can access via Internet?