20 Reasons for Decline in Reading Habit
20 Reasons for Decline in Reading Habit
W. Somerset Maugham said, “To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all miseries of life.” Reading habit has been a great help in developing knowledge. But today, in an age when browsing the net, playing with funky handsets and passing non-stop SMS seem to be the order of the day. The internet boom, interactive medium of images, TV and the silver screen filling the minds of the modern youth, taking majority of their free time we have to think seriously how the growing generations will find time to read. While technology is taking control steadily over individual lives, the reading habit is fast vanishing into thin air. I used to sigh at the city libraries presenting a gloomy picture of gradual decline in voracious readers who used to flock in the evenings.
Twenty reasons for decline in reading habit
1) People think that reading books consumes more time than referring in the computers. Computers seem to be more attractive to them than books.
2) The question of spending money on books is over-ruled by the thought that everything is available in a computer. People prefer to spend money on something else than spending on books.
3) The programs in internet and TV are more attractive than sitting in a corner and reading a book.
4) With the modern life style visiting places and other recreations or hobbies occupy most of our time.
5) There are a thousand reasons today for avoiding reading books or literatures. Some even say that her new nail extensions have made it too difficult to turn pages!
6) There are risks of losing books while carrying them. Moreover, why to carry a burden unnecessarily when there is a laptop available?
7) Now people are more worried about earning money and spending every second in finding ways to find sources of income.
8) A sense of escapism is spreading saying, “Along with giving up coffee, alcohol, strenuous exercise which may affect my family
W. Somerset Maugham said, “To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all miseries of life.” Reading habit has been a great help in developing knowledge. But today, in an age when browsing the net, playing with funky handsets and passing non-stop SMS seem to be the order of the day. The internet boom, interactive medium of images, TV and the silver screen filling the minds of the modern youth, taking majority of their free time we have to think seriously how the growing generations will find time to read. While technology is taking control steadily over individual lives, the reading habit is fast vanishing into thin air. I used to sigh at the city libraries presenting a gloomy picture of gradual decline in voracious readers who used to flock in the evenings.
Twenty reasons for decline in reading habit
1) People think that reading books consumes more time than referring in the computers. Computers seem to be more attractive to them than books.
2) The question of spending money on books is over-ruled by the thought that everything is available in a computer. People prefer to spend money on something else than spending on books.
3) The programs in internet and TV are more attractive than sitting in a corner and reading a book.
4) With the modern life style visiting places and other recreations or hobbies occupy most of our time.
5) There are a thousand reasons today for avoiding reading books or literatures. Some even say that her new nail extensions have made it too difficult to turn pages!
6) There are risks of losing books while carrying them. Moreover, why to carry a burden unnecessarily when there is a laptop available?
7) Now people are more worried about earning money and spending every second in finding ways to find sources of income.
8) A sense of escapism is spreading saying, “Along with giving up coffee, alcohol, strenuous exercise which may affect my family