(2) This is a common phenomenon. Recently, China Publishing Science Research Institute released the fourth National Survey Report on Reading and Purchasing Tendency. The results show that in 2005, the reading rate of China citizens was 47.8%, which means that half of China citizens did not study in a year. We think this is a reading crisis. According to Xu, one of the main project leaders and deputy director of the Applied Theory Research Office of China Publishing Science Research Institute, the national reading rate has dropped for six consecutive years since 1999, which is the first time that it has fallen below 50%. It is worth noting that 43.7% of non-readers chose "no time" when answering the reasons. 29. 1% chose "unaccustomed", and nearly half of them were young people in their late teens.
When talking about the current reading problem, all the experts interviewed used the word "reading crisis". From the data point of view, the national reading rate of the first survey in 1999 was 60.4%, in 2006 it was 54.2% in 5438+0, and in 2003 it was 5 1.7%, showing an obvious downward trend. However, some experts believe that the decline of reading rate year by year is irreversible-the pace of life of young people is accelerating, and various forms of entertainment and leisure are increasing, so there is no need to worry.
④ Contrary to the reading rate of books, the online reading rate of China citizens is increasing rapidly in recent years. This survey shows that the online reading rate of 1999 was 3.7%, which increased to 18.3% in 2003 and 27.8% in 2005, with an average annual growth rate of 107%. In 2005, a survey released by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League showed that more than 40% of teenagers spent about 10 hours on the Internet every week, and the Internet has become the most important leisure way for teenagers.
In this regard, Wei Yushan, deputy director of China Publishing Science Research Institute, pointed out that online reading, which is highly regarded by young people, is actually a kind of "shallow reading", and the significance of books lies in the information it provides, which is closer to knowledge than the general information.
(inforation), more is not the entertainment pursued by mass media. "We should acquire knowledge, not just information." Wei Yushan believes that the massive information on the Internet will gradually breed people's mentality of tasting it. People will gradually get used to being out of a certain information and seeing only the superficial side. In fact, network information is often browsing and jumping, so it is difficult to form a single-minded system thinking. Reading books can do this, which is good for forming people's abstract thinking. At this year's "two sessions", Xi Shu, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, pointed out in his proposal to establish a "reading year for all" that the process of accepting knowledge through reading is the process of ideological formation. For individuals, not reading means that receiving information is often passive, popular and lacking in thinking. Only reading, an irreplaceable thinking training, can help people think and form wisdom. A doctoral supervisor in Communication University of China found that the thinking mode of many graduate students he taught in recent years was greatly influenced by the Internet, and it was completely fragmented and leaping thinking-many ideas, but often unable to go deep. He believes that this has a lot to do with the long-term lack of reading thinking training.
6. How to solve the reading crisis? Wei Yushan, deputy director of China Publishing Science Research Institute, believes that this is a complex social project, which requires the full cooperation of education, publishing and cultural circles, and it is difficult to fundamentally solve the problem by small-scale attempts. According to the reporter, some countries have taken active measures to deal with the reading crisis. For example, Britain has set up a national reading year led by the government and fully participated by non-governmental organizations. The purpose is very clear, that is, I hope to change the reading attitude of British citizens through a year of activities. Xi Shu suggested that the government should organize a nationwide reading activity similar to "Reading Year", and bring libraries and bookstores into urban planning, so that every community can have bookstores and libraries. At the same time, reading classes should be set up in primary schools, so that children can get close to reading and develop reading habits.