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Why it matters that teens are reading less

  • Written by Jean Twenge, Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
SAT reading scores in 2016 were the lowest they've ever been.Aha-Soft/Shutterstock.com

Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago. But today’s teens have come of age with smartphones in their pockets. Compared to teens a couple of decades ago, the way they interact with traditional media like books and movies...

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