[dpark]

> Second, you're completely wrong that the media formats we consume don't affect the other media formats we consume.

Provide some evidence for this claim. People have been decrying the short attention span that “new media” creates for as long as there has been anything that could be described as “new media”.

[hudibras]

>Provide some evidence for this claim.

This is exactly what Reader, Come Home, by Maryanne Wolf (i.e., the book being reviewed here) does.

[dpark]

Does it? I don’t have the book, but it sounds from the review that this is a pet theory with no scientific backing.