This is one of the reasons we should not to just forward, or like or emoji information that we get on social media, but perhaps make a comment, highlight a portion or extract something.. and then forward or post it on our respective blogs or website.
Why do we remember more by reading in print vs. on a screen? https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/reading-memory/#Echobox=1663002712
The author of 'How We Read' Now, Naomi S. Baron explains.
Is comprehension the same whether a person reads a text onscreen or on paper? And are listening and viewing content as effective as reading the written word when covering the same material? The answers to both questions are often “no,”. as I discuss in my book “How We Read Now,” released in March 2021. The reasons relate to a variety of factors, including diminished concentration, an entertainment mindset and a tendency to multitask while consuming digital content...
important is mental perspective, and what reading researchers call a “shallowing hypothesis.” According to this theory, people approach digital texts with a mindset suited to casual social media, and devote less mental effort than when they are reading print.
Psychologists have demonstrated that when adults read news stories or transcripts of fiction, they remember more of the content than if they listen to identical pieces.
Researchers found similar results with university students reading an article versus listening to a podcast of the text. A related study confirms that students do more mind-wandering when listening to audio than when reading.