TY - JOUR
T1 - The global rise of online chatting and its adverse effect on reading literacy
AU - Luyten, Hans
N1 - Funding Information:
The author wants to thank Catalina Lomos (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research), Martina Meelissen (Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Netherlands) and Peter Tymms (School of Education, Durham University, UK) for valuable comments on prior versions of this paper.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - In the past decade, reading has moved massively from printed paper to digital displays. Thus far, large-scale surveys have not shown clear-cut effects of ICT use on reading literacy. This study addresses the impact of per country increases in online chatting, using data from the worldwide PISA surveys in 2009 and 2018 covering 63 countries. During that period, online chatting increased substantially in nearly every country, but the rate of increase varied considerably across countries. The empirical evidence shows a strong correlation of per country increase in online chatting among 15-year-olds with per country declines in both reading literacy and awareness of useful reading strategies.
AB - In the past decade, reading has moved massively from printed paper to digital displays. Thus far, large-scale surveys have not shown clear-cut effects of ICT use on reading literacy. This study addresses the impact of per country increases in online chatting, using data from the worldwide PISA surveys in 2009 and 2018 covering 63 countries. During that period, online chatting increased substantially in nearly every country, but the rate of increase varied considerably across countries. The empirical evidence shows a strong correlation of per country increase in online chatting among 15-year-olds with per country declines in both reading literacy and awareness of useful reading strategies.
KW - Cultural and social implications
KW - Evaluation methodologies
KW - Social media
KW - Teaching/learning strategies
KW - UT-Hybrid-D
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118985234&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.101101
DO - 10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.101101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118985234
SN - 0191-491X
VL - 72
JO - Studies in educational evaluation
JF - Studies in educational evaluation
M1 - 101101
ER -