Reading habits | Infographics | Literacy
Internet Truth Debunked: INTERNET LISTS DEBUNKED - Surprising Book Facts:A pretty infographic showing with statistics to remind you how society is just getting stupider will always get a lot of reshares. Maybe people are getting stupider, because they accept statistics on pretty infographics as true...
The infographic was created by Rob Brewer in in 2012, later realising the errors in the original he created a new one:
Since the new one are far less surprising and far less emotive than the original, guess which one still gets shared around?
Rob Brewer notes where the original statistics come from and why he now
thinks they're dubious on the page above. Here's an more detailed look
at it from a link on his page.
The stats come from a speech given by Jenkins in 2003, so wherever
possible, 2002 statistics are used below. It's important to note that
however accurate the statistics in the speech, the speech was to
industry people about the industry. Read more...
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