{"id":88533,"date":"2026-07-09T21:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:12:44","slug":"writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer argues the age of reading has ended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                <span class=\"now-playing__dek\">Gambling is now a more popular leisure activity than reading and emerging tech has worsened diminishing attention spans, writer Rose Horowitch notes in her August cover story for The Atlantic. As less Americans read books and overall literacy declines, Horowitch says that a historic and unique era of reading has come to a close.<\/span>\n                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gambling is now a more popular leisure activity than reading and emerging tech has worsened diminishing attention spans, writer Rose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[213,781,912,353],"class_list":["post-88533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-books","tag-education","tag-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Writer argues the age of reading has ended - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gambling is now a more popular leisure activity than reading and emerging tech has worsened diminishing attention spans, writer Rose Horowitch notes in her August cover story for The Atlantic. As less Americans read books and overall literacy declines, Horowitch says that a historic and unique era of reading has come to a close.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Writer argues the age of reading has ended - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gambling is now a more popular leisure activity than reading and emerging tech has worsened diminishing attention spans, writer Rose Horowitch notes in her August cover story for The Atlantic. As less Americans read books and overall literacy declines, Horowitch says that a historic and unique era of reading has come to a close.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-09T21:12:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"Writer argues the age of reading has ended\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-09T21:12:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-09T21:12:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/\"},\"wordCount\":66,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Artificial Intelligence\",\"Books\",\"Education\",\"Technology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/\",\"name\":\"Writer argues the age of reading has ended - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-09T21:12:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-09T21:12:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"Gambling is now a more popular leisure activity than reading and emerging tech has worsened diminishing attention spans, writer Rose Horowitch notes in her August cover story for The Atlantic. As less Americans read books and overall literacy declines, Horowitch says that a historic and unique era of reading has come to a close.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Writer argues the age of reading has ended\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Writer argues the age of reading has ended - World News","description":"Gambling is now a more popular leisure activity than reading and emerging tech has worsened diminishing attention spans, writer Rose Horowitch notes in her August cover story for The Atlantic. As less Americans read books and overall literacy declines, Horowitch says that a historic and unique era of reading has come to a close.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Writer argues the age of reading has ended - World News","og_description":"Gambling is now a more popular leisure activity than reading and emerging tech has worsened diminishing attention spans, writer Rose Horowitch notes in her August cover story for The Atlantic. As less Americans read books and overall literacy declines, Horowitch says that a historic and unique era of reading has come to a close.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2026-07-09T21:12:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"Writer argues the age of reading has ended","datePublished":"2026-07-09T21:12:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-09T21:12:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/"},"wordCount":66,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","keywords":["Artificial Intelligence","Books","Education","Technology"],"articleSection":["Top Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/","name":"Writer argues the age of reading has ended - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-07-09T21:12:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-09T21:12:44+00:00","description":"Gambling is now a more popular leisure activity than reading and emerging tech has worsened diminishing attention spans, writer Rose Horowitch notes in her August cover story for The Atlantic. As less Americans read books and overall literacy declines, Horowitch says that a historic and unique era of reading has come to a close.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/writer-argues-the-age-of-reading-has-ended\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Writer argues the age of reading has ended"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Gambling is now a more popular leisure activity than reading and emerging tech has worsened diminishing attention spans, writer Rose","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Top Stories"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":2,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":1,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1",1200,630,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/69ffcf4e-607d-4686-bf66-5e10bf7b7618\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/ed3bcd5b727bd37101410d0bf84fa519\/cbsn-fusion-as-literacy-sharply-declines-the-age-of-reading-has-ended-writer-argues-thumbnail.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-32\">Top Stories<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}