On: Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US

[aprilthird2021]

It shouldn't count. That is distracted reading, imo.

[lttlrck → aprilthird2021]

So is reading a paperback in a house full of kids or Starbucks.

[aprilthird2021 → lttlrck]

Making my point for me. A phone, in a solitary environment, is the equivalent of adding a house full of kids or people who bother you

[greygoo222 → aprilthird2021]

Do you think reading in Starbucks doesn't count as reading?

[celsoazevedo → aprilthird2021]

Phones and tables come with a "do not disturb" mode, notification control, etc. It's only "distracted reading" if we want it to be like that.

[daedrdev → aprilthird2021]

how is it different if I spend an hour reading on a phone or a e-reader? I silence my messages either way.