Why Are You Reading This?
In an age given over to flashing online video games, pulsating virtual reality websites, and quick-cut vids pulsing from cell phones and palm players, why would anyone still bother to read? The ascendancy of the Internet in concert with all manner of electronic diversions has birthed an environment...
| Publicado en: | Psychological Perspectives Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 88 - 94 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2011
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