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Main Author: Fowles, Jib
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1993
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ463879
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contents Are Americans Reading Less? More? Fowles, Jib Elementary Secondary Education Illiteracy Library Circulation Publishing Industry Reading Attitudes Reading Habits Television Viewing Conventional wisdom dictates that television is responsible for a steep decline in literacy in United States. Because literacy has many definitions, it seems more productive to consider library circulation figures; average personal expenditures on books, magazines, and newspapers; and national surveys of reading habits. All indicate a growing consumption of books and magazines and a decline in newspaper reading. (MLH)
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publishDate 1993
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spellingShingle Are Americans Reading Less? More?
Fowles, Jib
Elementary Secondary Education
Illiteracy
Library Circulation
Publishing Industry
Reading Attitudes
Reading Habits
Television Viewing
Are Americans Reading Less? More? Fowles, Jib Elementary Secondary Education Illiteracy Library Circulation Publishing Industry Reading Attitudes Reading Habits Television Viewing Conventional wisdom dictates that television is responsible for a steep decline in literacy in United States. Because literacy has many definitions, it seems more productive to consider library circulation figures; average personal expenditures on books, magazines, and newspapers; and national surveys of reading habits. All indicate a growing consumption of books and magazines and a decline in newspaper reading. (MLH)
title Are Americans Reading Less? More?
topic Elementary Secondary Education
Illiteracy
Library Circulation
Publishing Industry
Reading Attitudes
Reading Habits
Television Viewing
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ463879