What is the author's central claim?
Anxiety about reading on screens is often put as a question of whether it is worse than reading on paper. Studies are mixed. Some find readers understand slightly less on screens, particularly when they skim; others find no difference. The comparison may be less important than the habit. People read differently on devices that bring alerts, links and temptations to wander, and this is a matter of the setting more than of the screen itself. A reader who switches off notifications and reads a long text without interruption may gain as much from a tablet as from a paperback. Conversely, a reader who skims a printed page absent-mindedly gains little. Our worry should be about attention, rather than about paper.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: E. The medium matters less than the attention a reader brings to it
- Step 1: The final sentence says the worry should be about attention, not paper.
- Step 2: The only choice consistent with this is "The medium matters less than the attention a reader brings to it".
Answer
The medium matters less than the attention a reader brings to it.
Why not the others: The author does not favour either medium in every case, dismiss all studies or praise notifications.
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