The Effects of Using Digital Technology on Reading, Writing And Speech
Publishing houses, libraries, printing houses, bookstores are more and more
replaced by internet, which gives us almost instantaneous access, a click away,
to information from a library that is unprecedented in size and width. Digital
reading offers, first of all, some advantages. It saves paper, in a world where
environmental concerns are increasingly widespreading. It can facilitate access
to libraries and information in various fields. However, digital sources seem
to be beneficial in the learning process that requires only practice or
repetition, not creation and reflection. The printed book, unlike the almost
invariable monotony of electronic texts, offers a wealth of information: its
volume, the quality of paper and printing, the smell of the sheet and printing
ink, the calligraphy of the fonts etc. In addition, it leaves room for long
daydreaming, creating sentimental connections, through the possibility of
marking, underlining, highlighting passages, which involve the reader
intellectually or emotionally. The volume and importance of the books one has
read is connected to the richness and elegance of the language. The time spent
on TV, computer, games, leads to a difficult and poor expression, with verbal
stereotypes, clichés and tautologies, to problems of memorizing words, even in
the mother tongue.
IOAN C. TEŞU
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