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To: epicure who wrote (74605)	7/3/2008 9:49:24 AM
From: Ron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543050

I thought the Atlantic article was interesting, but I also have my doubts about it. I get a great deal of news and information from the web, but it certainly has not affected my book reading. I may rely on print magazines less, however.

To: epicure who wrote (74605)	7/3/2008 11:11:47 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543050

Did you read "Is Google Making us Stoopid" in the Atlantic? Haven't read it; haven't seen it. Which issue? As for the thesis, I can't imagine any evidence which would support such a claim. Like any media, what one reads online is diverse, well, that's one of the great understatements, extremely diverse is much more like it. The supposed threat of online newspapers was that we would read only within sort of predefined walls. Broader newspapers and magazines encourage us to read widely. I don't see it. Our newspaper/magazine offerings are fairly narrow now as it is. If one wishes to stay narrow but not read much on the internet, no problem. Luddite stuff sounds like. We have these conversations on my library board about electronic sources--books, audio books, and the like. Someone, predictably, will bemoan the death of the book. I just don't see it or the problem. If new forms of carrying information improve on the way it reaches publics, terrific; if not, we're gonna keep the old forms. How about you?