READING BOOKS ARE BETTER THAN e-BOOKS

BY : SR. MARIA BERNADETE, SPC

GREETINGS
 Miss Mones
 Sr. Imelda, SPC
 Members of the Panel
 Miss Sanjo
Good morning.

INTRODUCTION
Like a bomb, globalization affects all aspects of life including technological
development. Technological advances that occur at this time have made people move
from reading books to electronic books. It's just that the displacement is negative that
everyone doesn't realize.
There are three reason why reading books or paper print better than reading e-books:
1. E-book can reduce reading comprehension
Merdeka.com article written by Rizky Wahyu Permana on March 12, 2012
mentioned based on research conducted by West Chester University, students
who read on the iPad have more different reading comprehension in physical
form. Many readers jump over the compilation text reading e-books. This
causes their understanding to be incomplete and to jump around.
(https://www.merdeka.com/html)
While in another article “ Detik Health. Com” mention that the people who
read from paper feel faster about knowing the information being read. When
reading through a computer, it takes a longer time and must read repeatedly so
that readers can know.
Context and form of reading also seem to play an important role in the process
of remembering. The easier the context and form of reading, the more
memorable the reading material. Factors that seem irrelevant can also help
strengthen memory. Examples include reading material at the top or right of
the page, or maybe located near the picture.
(https://health.detik.com/berita-detikhealth)
Other data to strengthen the explanation above, according to Roger Dooley in
an article published 0n September 16, 2015 about paper-vs-digital, mention
direct mail requires 21% less cognitive effort to process than digital media
(5.15 vs. 6.37), suggesting that it is both easier to understand and more
memorable. Post-exposure memory tests validated what the cognitive load test
revealed about direct mail’s memory encoding capabilities. When asked to cite
the brand (company name) of an advertisement they had just seen, recall was
70% higher among participants who were exposed to a direct mail piece (75%)

than a digital ad (44%).

As a measure of overall effectiveness, the authors of the report calculate what
they call the "motivation-to-cognitive load ratio," and say values greater than
1.0 are "most predictive of in-market success."
By their calculation, direct mail scored 1.31 compared to 0.87 for digital
media. Here's how the individual formats fared:
 While these measurements and metrics don't rise to the level of universal
scientific standards, they seem to fit with other research in the paper vs. digital
space.
Science clearly shows paper can be more impactful and memorable than
digital. In addition to exploiting the customer's senses, paper may also be more
effective for communicating detailed information. Providing this information
in paper format may increase a reader comprehension and recall.

2. E-books can cause reading disorders

Research from Joan Ganz Cooney Center on reading in children finds things
that can be disrupted by them. Interactive displays and multimedia presented
by e-books make them more than the text available. In addition, the use of
electronic media can also be used for other things such as games or browsing
on the internet.
E-book creates confusion in the storyline. Reading habits that are not
comprehensive and jumping around from e-books make a person an experience
in understanding a plot in a story. Research from the University of Norway
states that readers will be more and easier to remember texts that can read from
ordinary books.
(https://www.merdeka.com/html)
Another study at San Jose State University found, screen‐based reading
behavior is characterized by more time spent on browsing and scanning,
keyword spotting, one‐time reading, non‐linear reading, and reading more
selectively, while less time is spent on in‐depth reading, and concentrated
reading.
(https://www.forbes.com/)

3. E-book makes eyes tired quickly and damage

Looking at the screen can make your eyes and brain get tired quickly. Research
conducted in 2005 about different things from paper. LED rays that appear can
also interfere with sleep.
(https://www.merdeka.com/html)
Dr. Matthew Alpert, O.D., Chairman of Optometric Innovation, VSP Global
explained that electronics are emitting a dangerous blue light, which is
negatively impacting not only your vision but also your overall health. It’s a
major concern for eye doctors across the country.
 Continual extended screen time can impact your eyes in two major ways. The
first and most common side effect is digital eye strain. When we look at a
screen, our blink rate drops significantly, and our eyes won’t put up with that
for too long without fuss. If you’ve ever experienced slightly blurry vision
after staring at the computer all day, that was a sign of digital eye strain. Maybe
your eyes feel dry, runny or tired after scrolling through your Facebook feed,
or maybe you get a headache after a few hours on the computer. These
symptoms are often so common that we don’t even recognize them as real
issues. While digital eye strain is temporary, if left unaddressed, it can turn
into a chronic problem.
The second — and more serious — impact that too much technology
consumption can have on our eyes is damage from blue light exposure. Blue
light is just what it sounds like — it’s a type of light that gives off a blue color.
Blue light is harmful, because it’s the highest energy wavelength of visible
light. This energy is also able to penetrate all the way to the back of the eye,
through the eyes’ natural filters, and that’s the problem.
Even though blue light is nothing new, the biggest issue is the amount of blue
light exposure that we get each day through digital device use. With this
exposure increasing over time, we are actually causing permanent damage to
our eyes. But unlike digital eye strain, the effects of blue light are cumulative
and can lead to eye diseases like macular degeneration.
Children are especially at risk when it comes to the negative effects of blue
light exposure. These days, a lot of homework is done online, and many
children have access to (or have their own) digital devices that they are using
for increasingly longer periods of time. The difference for children is that their
eyes are still developing, and they don’t yet have the protective pigments in
their eyes to help filter out some of this harmful blue light. That’s why, just
like with UV radiation, most blue light exposure occurs before kids are 18
years old.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-matthew-alpert-od/blue-light/.html

CONCLUSION

In the study stated above, all compare the effects of print and digital advertising, quite
a few scientists have looked at information or entertainment content. There's quite a
body of work suggesting that our brains process a book differently if we read it in
paper format vs. on an e-reader. For example, a study in Norway concluded that,
"students who read texts in print scored significantly better on the reading
comprehension test than students who read the texts digitally."

Therefore I believe and I want to convince you that reading books or paper print better
than e-books or screen.

(Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty)

INTERPELLATION
1. What is your purpose in reading a book?
2. Can you understand the contents of the reading if you read it in an
unconfortable situation, for example when your eyes are tired?
3. Can you prove that display of digital advertisements that are very annoying,
does not interfere with your concentration when reading?
4. What do you know about blue light? What is the effect on the eyes?
5. I,m agree with you that the digital reading is more economical, but do you
know how much you will spend if your eyes have a problems?
6. Do you have statistic data that supports that reading digital is better than
reading paper print?
7. Do you have data that reading e-books are more profitable than books?
8. Can you guarantee that children are more interested in the contents of the book
than the ads that appear on their digital books?
9. Is it useful if the e-books are easy to carry everywhere but you can’t understand
well its contents?
10. Are all users ready to use e-book? Is the e-book ready for use anywhere? What
if there is no connection to the internet?

REBUTTAL
Miss Sanjo said that reading digital better than reading paper, and showed us some
reasons to support that opinion, but alas, has misunderstanding about it. We must
return to the basic goals for what we read?
I agree the reasons are saving places: does not require a large place to store books,
saving times: it doesn.t take long time to send a book, cost – effective: does not require
fees for paper print, once more, I agree with Miss Sanjo if the purpose of reading is for
a business. But if the purpose we read is to understand the contents, then I would like
to say the reasons are not acceptable.
I believe reading books is better than reading e-books. I would like to show you that
the statement is true.
A study conducted by Bangor University and branding agency Millward Brown used
fMRI to study the different effects of of paper and digital media.

Some of their key conclusions were:

 Physical material is more “real” to the brain. It has a meaning, and a place. It is
better connected to memory because it engages with its spatial memory networks.
 Physical material involves more emotional processing, which is important for
memory and brand associations.
 Physical materials produced more brain responses connected with internal
feelings, suggesting greater “internalization” of the ads.
(https://www.forbes.com/)

Through a scientific study by Bangor University and branding agency, the data above
cannot be doubted.

Therefore, I want to say, “I believe that reading books are better than reading e-
books”

=== THANK YOU ===