In this weeks readings, two explanations were offered for our current state of technology usage in order to write and express ourselves. While it is typical for the adolescent to be writing more frequently, literacy skills and writing levels have been on the decline for some time now. Media and technology play a massive role in this: we are constantly reading news articles in under 500 words, and writing to one another as a form of communication rather than talking on the phone or face to face. What are other factors that are contributing to this shift in literacy, as well as actions we can take as college students to change this pattern?
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I think another contributor to this is exactly what you’re mentioning in another way. Until the 2000s, the main form of reading was manifested in books and newspaper. The things published in these forms were either heavy literary or academic works. Now, we have so many different forms of literary work for so many different purposes. In that way, I believe that we are becoming more literate than ever. One can argue this by showing that teenagers now can understand memes and tropes, something that most adults cannot even begin to do. Being able to work on so many different platforms, social media, written, typed, etc. is something that will keep growing in future generations. Maybe this generation is losing an attention span, but I think we are gaining much more.