2007-01-28 03:57:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I would much prefer to read, but most people find it easier and more entertaining to watch movies than read books. I read constantly, and most of my friends think it's stupid. TV, internet, there are a number of things which contribute to the lack of reading in society today.
2007-01-28 04:01:17 · answer #1 · answered by eastchic2001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's probably the reason why a high proportion of them can't spell words like FIFTH.
Reading does much more than entertain or inform (both of which books can do at least as effectively as TV); books also:-
* teach spelling and grammar
* demonstrate sentence structures
* improve word power and vocabulary by introducing new words to the reader
* stimulate the imagination rather than handing images and concepts to the viewer on a plate.
* encourage independence of thought by again providing the reader with a "starting point" from which the reader must use his own imagination to decide how something or someone looks, for example.
The lack of all these things caused by TV is leading us inexorably to a generation of unimaginative, illiterate brain-dead sheep.
2007-01-28 04:01:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would say computers have taken over television. Though I do download books from the internet to read.
I'm a geek, I read lots of books and stay away from comercial television. magazines, and mindless internet sites. Nor do I play mindless computer games. I do however play go, chess, and reversi over the internet.
2007-01-28 04:22:28 · answer #3 · answered by Phillip 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pretty much. I have to turn mine off to work on my book..TV distracts from all aspects of life.. wish I didnt have one except for the weather channel
2007-01-28 04:00:30 · answer #4 · answered by road runner 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it's because they're idiots.
Bit of a Chicken/Egg thing, I admit....
Reading's uncool, even though Rowling's helped make it cooler with kids these days, Harry Potter and all that...
2007-01-28 04:01:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would assume so... but i have a very good imagination... and i prefer reading... i like to make up the characters in my mind.... instead of just being fed them on a tv screen...
2007-01-28 04:03:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
probably and the fact that sorry to saY THAT BUT BOOKS BORE THE CRAP OUT OF ME
2007-01-28 04:01:56 · answer #7 · answered by Josh j 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋