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IN FOCUS: Half of UK adults don’t read regularly, according to a new survey. Helen Coffey asks where it all went wrong – and whether we can ever find our way back between the pages
Reading less means missing out on the brain-boosting benefits of books and more. (Photo illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) (Photo illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo ...
The myth that people have stopped reading books or are reading less often is perpetuated by those who think this is a snob's hobby. Newsflash: books are books, no matter their genre.
Aliteracy (sometimes spelled alliteracy) is the state of being able to read but being uninterested in doing so.This phenomenon has been reported on as a problem occurring separately from illiteracy, which is more common in the developing world, while aliteracy is primarily a problem in the developed world. [1]
Even where the problems are felt most keenly, in North America and Europe, there have been recent success stories, such as the dramatic rise of free daily newspapers, like those of Sweden's Metro International, [62] as well as papers targeted towards the Hispanic market, local weekly shoppers, [63] and so-called hyperlocal news. [64]
According to Merriam-Webster, the term was first used in 2020. [12] The term continued to gain traction in the early 2020s [13] [14] through events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the George Floyd protests, the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the storming of the U.S. Capitol in 2021, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022, [15] all of which have been noted to have exacerbated the ...
Yousaf added that EDM festivals have such a large gender imbalance in part because the majority of the people creating music in the industry are men. “Part of the reason for the skewed ratio is that most producers and engineers are men in this scene,” she said. “It's just the reality.”
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