Study: Tablets Make Their Owners Less Social, More Sedentary

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By: Jeff Bercovici | Forbes

You’d expect that anyone who plunks down a few hundred bucks for an iPad would make a point of using it to read news thereafter instead of messing around with newspapers and magazines, and you’d be right:  42% of tablet and e-reader owners say they are now less likely to read printed newspapers, and 40% say the same about print magazines, according to a survey of more than 3,000 people conducted by gfK MRI.

John Newby
I believe this is only telling us what we already suspected. Unlike computers, the tablet offers a relaxing leaning back experience for users. I suspect that percentage will continue to grow over time. But alas, in the long-run, it may actually help newspapers and magazines that provide content as they get out from under the expensive legacy costs.
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