http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/25/facebook-and-twitter-vs-e-books-and-other-books-harmful-to-kids-brains-turn-em-into-scrambled-eggs/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/25/facebook-and-twitter-vs-e-books-and-other-books-harmful-to-kids-brains-turn-em-into-scrambled-eggs/comment-page-1/#comment-1015174 David Rothman Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:10:22 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/25/facebook-and-twitter-vs-e-books-and-other-books-harmful-to-kids-brains-turn-em-into-scrambled-eggs/#comment-1015174 Hi,Robbie. Here we agree. I'd love to see some helpful links. Thanks. David Hi,Robbie. Here we agree. I’d love to see some helpful links. Thanks. David

]]> http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/25/facebook-and-twitter-vs-e-books-and-other-books-harmful-to-kids-brains-turn-em-into-scrambled-eggs/comment-page-1/#comment-1015166 Robbie Clarken Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:23:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/25/facebook-and-twitter-vs-e-books-and-other-books-harmful-to-kids-brains-turn-em-into-scrambled-eggs/#comment-1015166 Note that the Daily Mail article contains zero evidence to back up the claims of Baroness Greenfield. Has she done any actual research that demonstrates social websites reduce peoples attention spans? No way to tell from the article. That's something that really peeves me about science journalism. Note that the Daily Mail article contains zero evidence to back up the claims of Baroness Greenfield. Has she done any actual research that demonstrates social websites reduce peoples attention spans? No way to tell from the article. That’s something that really peeves me about science journalism.

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