Reading is more educational than watching videos or TV. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Learning via online videos gaining popularity amongst

younger generation

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the younger generation

younger generations

. It’s the thought that one can acquire knowledge by reading books rather than visual communication. In my opinion, I partly agree that reading is

better

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the best

source of

medium

for educational purpose. The proponents of reading strongly advocates that students should give more importance to academic reading materials

such

as university authorized books and research papers. They

also

argue that digital contents can be used as introduction purpose and never for core subject matters.

For instance

, there are many YouTube videos available on human

anatomy but

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anatomy, but

one can never become

doctor

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a doctor

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from

seeing those videos. Core knowledge of any subject can be gained via reading only. Some studies

shows

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show

have shown

that there are more brain

activities during

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activities, during

reading than seeing television or any visual

medium

On the other hand

, some people grasp more information from visual than books. Reading needs

lot

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lots

of concentration and efforts to understand any education concepts.

Instead

of going

thru

being one more than two

three

through

hundred pages one can acquire same level information by seeing a two

minutes

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minute

video.

For example

, a three

minutes

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minute

video will teach Newton’s law faster than school physics book.

Also

, digital

medium

makes learning fun and exciting.

This

feature attracts

more number

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a number

number

of children. There are

lot

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lots

of time and effort can be saved by using

this

approach. To sum up, Digital

medium

can be used for academic purpose and it is as effective as books and research papers. But not all subjects can be taught using videos and televisions. Important curriculums need to be learned using reading with required focus and attention.

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