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Originally Posted by Little32
I, for one, am interested in the studies that look at reading comprehension with print versus electronic media. Apparently, reading comprehension decreases significantly with the use of electronic forms. That concerns me when we start talking about print materials becoming obsolete.
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I think the electronic medium really matters here. When I'm doing research on Westlaw, if I want to really get my arms around a particular case, I have to print it, write on it, highlight things, etc. (I have this semi-intricate 8-highlighter system I developed in law school, for some reason a holding just isn't a holding unless it's colored orange).
While I've never even seen a Kindle, I understand the technology it uses is e-paper, meaning that it looks more like paper than it looks like a computer screen. Also, gone are the distractions on your other monitor, all the buttons you can click, solitaire, etc. It's just a reading device. While it'd be difficult to replace actual print on paper (because you can write all over it, etc.), I think the Kindle gets awfully close.
If the technology could ever incorporate my highlighter system and the aforementioned professional materials, I'd be 100% sold.