Kindle readers absorb less information than traditional book readers – Geek Snack

Anne Mangen, a researcher from Norway’s Stavanger University Conducted a study in Which she wanted to know if there Were differences in understanding the text given Beheerder Which was read on Kindle, or paperback. In the study, 50 subjects had to read a short story by Elizabeth George, half read it on Kindle, the other half on paperback. After the reading session, several tests Were Conducted upon the readers to find out If They Understood the aspects of the story.

The tests revealed que the Kindle readers Performed equally well at understanding the text, except When it comes to timing the story’s events. The Kindle readers Were much worse in placing 14 story events in the correct order, than the traditional book readers. “When you read on paper you can sense with your fingers the pile of pages on the left growing, and shrinking on the right, have you the tactile sense of progress, in addition to the visual,” said Mangen.

“The differences for Kindle readers might have with the to something collegues fixity of the text on paper, and this unfolding gradually very as you progress through the story, is some kind of sensory offload, supporting the visual sense of progress When You’re reading. Perhaps this somehow aids the reader, providing more fixity and solidity to the reader’s sense of unfolding and progress of the text, and hence the story, “added Anne Mangen

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This particular study had only two experienced Kindle readers and the researcher wants to expand it to more “advanced” Kindle users to see how the results will change. Also she leads the research network of empirical studies, based in Europe to investigate the effects of digitization on text reading. “We need to Provide research and evidence-based knowledge to publishers on what kind of devices (iPad, Kindle, print) shouldnt be used for what kind of content; what kinds of texts are Likely to be less hampered by being read digitally, and Which might require the support of paper. That will be very interesting to explore, “Concluded Mangen

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