I believe it is necessary to consider all the distractions that are going on around us in the world when discussing today's decline in literacy levels and recreational reading. Now, more than ever, there are ways to go online or see in movies the answers to many things that people use to find in books. If the answer is presented right in front of you, why take an extremely long time to read it in a book? Research is showing that this lack of research and true focus we are holding when reading on something easier, like the internet, is effecting us in very malevolent ways. For one thing, students become less able to focus in long readings, and results show there has been a significant decline in scores on standardized tests. Little effects like this can damage someone's ability to sit down and focus for the rest of his or her life!
Claim: Literacy and Recreational reading is declining in today’s world because of distractions like the internet, news, and movies which promotes conformity amoung the young generation, and discourages individuality.
Reason: Internet allows for quick simple reading and makes us less urged to focus on long pieces of reading, such as a book, causing an overall decrease in education.
Evidence: “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.” (Motoko)
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