Reading in the digital age

19 Nov 2022

In this webinar, Professor Emerita Naomi Baron of American University discusses the extensive research from the past decade that has explored the nature and impact of reading digitally. While both print and digital have roles to play in schools, the evidence demonstrates that print continues to be important for sustained, critical reading.

You might also like to watch Naomi’s webinar on digital writing here.

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Presenters

Professor Emerita Naomi Baron

Dr Naomi Baron is a professor of linguistics at American University in Washington DC and a former Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellow who has been researching the impact of digital technologies on the ways we read, write, speak, and think for more than 30 years. She has published ten books including How We Read Now: Strategic Choices for Print, Screen, and Audio (2025) and Who Wrote This? How AI and the Lure of Efficiency Threaten Human Writing (2023).