Word of Mouth
Word of Mouth
BBC Radio 4
Reading: Print v eBooks
27 minutes Posted Sep 22, 2015 at 7:36 am.
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Michael Rosen & Dr Laura Wright discuss with linguist Professor Naomi Baron the quantifiable differences between the experience of reading print books and of reading eBooks, or onscreen. Which allows for deeper reading and a stronger emotional response, and what is the future of reading?

Producer Beth O'Dea
Naomi S. Baron is the author of Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World.