Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text (The Guardian)

A study from the University of Valencia found that print reading could boost skills by six to eight times more than digital reading

Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers

Researchers at the University of Valencia analysed more than two dozen studies on reading comprehension published between 2000 and 2022, which assessed nearly 470,000 participants. Their findings suggest that print reading over a long period of time could boost comprehension skills by six to eight times more than digital reading does.
Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers

“The association between frequency of digital reading for leisure and text comprehension abilities is close to 0,” said Ladislao Salmerón, a professor at the University of Valencia who co-authored the paper. This may be because the “linguistic quality of digital texts tends to be lower than that traditionally found in printed texts”, he added. Text on social media, for example, may be conversational and lack complex syntax and reasoning.