Nowadays, young people are less likely to read books when they have leisure time. Social media and tedious literature in school may be potential causes, and measures such as integrating modern genres into education programs, restricting screen hours and providing them with books may help to cope with the problem.
There are several compelling causes for why young people started to read fewer books. First and foremost, young people are spending much more time on their digital devices. In other words, adolescents prefer to scroll through social media instead of reading books. For example, a study conducted by the government revealed that young people spend at least 7-8 hours per day scrolling through social media. As a result, they don’t have sufficient time to read books due to social media. In addition, education provides tedious genres that young people don’t desire to read. In other words, adolescents find it difficult to read books that were popular several centuries ago. To illustrate, there are several writers such as Pushkin and Lermontov who were popular in the 19th century due to their books. These books contain a large volume of text which is boring for adolescents. As a result, fewer and fewer teenagers read classical literature because it is boring to read.
However, there are two possible measures that may help young people to read books. First and most obvious, integrating modern genres for young people may motivate them to read books. Modern literature covers topics that are happening at present and young people can be more interested in topics that may help them in the future. For example, one of the most popular literature authors called James Barret delved deeply into the relationship between modern literature and young people. The conclusion demonstrates that young people select a modern type of genre that covers topics such as society and new fields of philosophy. As a consequence, integrating modern literature into school programs may increase the number of students who read books. Moreover, restricting time that young people spend on their devices may motivate them to read books. This stems from the fact that young people spend at least 7-8 hours per day scrolling through social media but if restrict this opportunity and provide them books, they will read books due to boredom. In other words, they will have enough free time without devices so that they will decide to read books. Consequently, providing students books and removing their phones during leisure time encourages them to read.
To conclude, despite the fact that fewer young people are choosing to read books in their free time due to tedious literature and social media, measures such as integrating new types of modern literature and limiting screen hours may encourage them to start reading books.