[2021] Elevated Reading: How You Should Read in the Digital Age by [US] Mariana Wolfe

. Original title:?Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World

. ISBN:?9787521724530

. Content Summary.

In the digital age, electronic devices have taken up most of people's reading time. Paper reading is declining, and people's way of thinking and the way their brains process information are gradually being transformed to adapt to screen reading. Along with this, people's reading habits and reading methods are undergoing great changes. This change is silent and subtle, and you may not be able to recognize it, but it is already changing you.

How should we respond to the two ways of reading, digital and traditional? The next generation has grown up with a heavy dose of digital media, will this affect their ability to focus and read y? How should children integrate the brain's deep learning processes to improve concentration and reading ability? How should we read efficiently in the new age? In the authors' view, while new ways of reading bring us dilemmas and challenges, they also provide opportunities for development. The impact of digital reading is not all negative. On the contrary, the brain adapted to this way of reading will have an extremely strong ability to process complex information, which is not available to the brain in the traditional reading mode.

We should not allow ourselves to be consumed by digital media, nor should we view electronic devices as a scourge. With good coping skills, we can have a productive reading experience.

. Author's Bio.

Maryanne Wolf is Professor of Child Developmental Psychology and Director of the Center for the Study of Reading and Language at Tufts University. She has received a Fulbright Award and awards from the American Psychological Association, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the International Dyslexia Association for excellence in teaching and research. Her book, Proust and the Squid, won the 2008 Margot? Melk Award for Best Read Book of the Year. The Washington Post praised her for "saying anything with some significance, and for truly predicting the impact of computer culture on the 'reading mind'".

. Great short review.

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? Not to say that this book is written in a skillful and flawless way, on the contrary, the author has the suspicion of excessive book dropping and the problem of long-winded examples of similar foreign books, but the author's two major topics of thought, "the significance of in-depth reading" and "the dangers of not reading in the digital age," are really thought-provoking. At least in terms of writing purpose, technique and logic, the author fully demonstrates the value of reading - clear logic, detailed arguments, organized and earnest. The author puts forward many thoughts in the book, for me, as if enlightened, such as 1. people can cultivate the reading brain; 2. digital age, the more young people come to learn to take the information as entertainment rather than the ability to think; 3. the more fast-food reading, the more difficult to read and think in depth, and so on.

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It is an undisputed fact that humans are not born with a reading brain, and more importantly, the author suggests that digital reading may be detrimental to one's ability to read in depth, to pay attention, to memorize, and to write. Of course, since the next generation is destined to be digital natives, the author suggests that it might be a good idea for children to be exposed to paper before they are exposed to a digital language, such as sratch, when appropriate

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The author carefully breaks down the term "reading" in her book, explaining what reading is and what it can do for us in terms of the brain, the environment, the psyche, the mind, and so on. He explains what reading is, what it can do for us, how we can mobilize our resources through it, and how we can develop more of our abilities. Reading is an ability, so don't think that knowing a few words is the same as being able to read. With this, the author, in the face of the present age of information and technology, how people should learn to read, puts forward some educational views and methods, suitable for some parents to read. The author has written so much, naturally, is not and networked reading to form an antagonism, but tells us, when you can develop the ability to read in depth, you will be able to make better use of the network.