{"id":297,"date":"2014-12-14T19:54:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T19:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/sagestudents\/?p=297"},"modified":"2022-02-01T19:11:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T19:11:36","slug":"print-vs-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/sagestudents\/2014\/12\/14\/print-vs-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"Print vs. Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three reasons why I use print over digital:<\/strong>
\n1. I hate staring at a screen. I\u2019ve had several essay deadlines recently and have consequently been staring at a screen up to 6 hours a day. Reading from a screen takes the fun out of reading and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s contributed to giving me headaches and tiredness.
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\n2. I get so easily distracted by things I don\u2019t want to be distracted by. The urge to quickly check facebook becomes overwhelming when reading a dense reading online or writing a long essay. Once on facebook, it\u2019s difficult for me to avoid getting distracted by friends or articles and before I know it, 30 minutes passes before I go back to working. With printed books, procrastination tends to just consist of making cups of tea, chatting to friends or stretching my legs outside; all things that are likely to make me come back and feel slightly fresher.
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\n3. Reading a book makes me absorb more information. I tend to read readings online as fast as possible to get it out of the way, whereas I enjoy holding a book in my hands and am far more likely to re-read something that I didn’t fully understand.
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Three reasons why I use digital over print:<\/strong>
\n1. It doesn\u2019t weigh anything. I have enough things to carry around campus and carrying books is such a faff.<\/p>\n

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2. I can\u2019t leave it anywhere. I always have access to digital readings because there is wifi all around campus and at home.
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\n3. It saves a lot of time. I can ask people for readings and they can just copy and paste a link, I don\u2019t have to spend time looking for books in the library and I can search for keywords instantly, meaning I can skim read entire books and know that I\u2019ve covered most of the relevant information.<\/p>\n

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My tutor recently emailed me useful resources.<\/p><\/div>\n

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