Do New Forms of Reading Pay Off? A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Leisure Digital Reading Habits and Text Comprehension


News Coverage

The loss of deep reading: How digital texts impact kids’ comprehension skills
Big Think, January 10, 2024

Indelible Ink: The Lasting Benefits of Print Media for Reading Comprehension
National Endowment for the Arts Blog, January 11, 2024

Opinion: How to grow a young Florida reader — with a book, not a ‘device’
Tampa Bay Times, January 4, 2024

Phones in classrooms aren't our only concerns
Toronto Star, January 4, 2024

For improved reading comprehension, print trumps screens
Free Malaysia Today, December 27, 2023

Learning via computer or phone is 6-8 times less effective than paper books
Lao Dong, December 27, 2023

Study: Reading paper books enhances comprehension skills among children and adult
Shorouk News, December 25, 2023

Reading on digital devices doesn’t help kids’ reading comprehension, study finds
Yahoo!, December 23, 2023

When it comes to boosting reading comprehension, print rules over screens
Forbes India, December 19, 2023

We read better on paper than on screen - The reading research evidence
Athens Voice, December 17, 2023

New research shows kids learn better from books over screens
Newstalk ZB, December 17, 2023

Scientists have explained which reading format is best perceived by children
Glavcom, December 16, 2023

Reading print aids comprehension better than reading on digital screen
Al Mayadeen, December 16, 2023

Study: We earn eight times more by reading a book than a digital text
Ora de Sibiu, December 16, 2023

Reading print is better for comprehension than screens, study finds
Axios, December 15, 2023

Research: We assimilate knowledge better in print than that in the digital text
Efsyn.gr, December 15, 2023

Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers
The Guardian, December 15, 2023

La lectura digital no ayuda a comprender el texto como la lectura en papel
El Mundo, December 15, 2023

La comprensiĆ³n lectora es menor si se lee en digital que en papel
Levante, December 14, 2023

Digital devices stunting kids’ literacy (subscription required)
The Australian
, December 14, 2023

Playful reading on paper helps understanding more than if it is done through digital media, according to a study
Europa Press, December 14, 2023
(Reprinted in El Periodic)

Printed books were more useful than electronic books for children's development - study
Tengri News, December 13, 2023

The reason children should read from printed books rather than screens
Yahoo! News/The Telegraph, December 13, 2023
(Reprinted in Canada Daily)

Study: Relationship Between Digital Reading, Improved Comprehension Marginal
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, December 13, 2023

Reading on digital devices does little to improve reading, study suggests
Yahoo! News UK, December 13, 2023
(Reprinted in MSN.com, Express & Star, The Standard, G7)

Printed books prove to be better for children's minds than e-books
Gazeta, December 13, 2023
(Reprinted in MKRU Volgograd)