Effect Of TV On Reading
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, September 21. More than two-thirds of television set owners in Britain read few books or none at all, a delegate to the annual conference of the Library Association said in Folkestone today. Television, he said, was an irresistible attraction to the readers of the lighter type of fiction, who formed a high percentage of library members. ‘‘Television has done a lot of odd things, such as making armchair experts on show jumping out of dear old ladies whose equine adventures had never gone beyond patting the milkman’s horse.” he said. Another speaker said that alter the initial novelty of television had worn off, regular readers came back. The fact that fiction issues were dropping slightly might be due to the influence of television, or it might be because of the “poor quality of much modern fiction.” he said.
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28080, 22 September 1956, Page 4
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