Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 12-15-2007
Abstract
“Huge Decline in Book Reading” ran one headline. “Cultural Atrophy!” read another. “Study Links Drop in Test Scores to a Decline Spent in Reading” ran one for the “Duh!” award. “Americans are Closing the Book on Reading” said one, vying for the pun-acious trophy.
Keywords
Reading, Reading Difficulties, Libraries, Literacy, Decline in Reading
Digital Commons Citation
Herring, Mark Y., "Reading Is, Like, You Know, Sooooo Gross!" (2007). Dacus Library Faculty Publications. 66.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/dacus_facpub/66
