Editing Research/new digital reading experiences (section)

== Sources ==

'''Reading Habits'''

# 2025, ''Gen Z is reading less'', Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes<br />https://www.forbes.com/sites/vibhasratanjee/2025/08/26/gen-z-is-reading-less-what-that-means-in-the-age-of-ready-answers/
# 2025, ''Reading for pleasure has dropped by 40%,'' Madeline Holcombe, CNN<br />https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/20/health/reading-for-pleasure-decline-wellness
# 2025, Al-Kadi. A. ''Towards a Digital Reading Mindset: Digital Reading Habits, Strategies, and Challenges.'' Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching [e-FLT], 22(2), 211–223.<br />https://e-flt.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/al-kadi.pdf
# 2024, ''New Trends in Students’ Reading Habits'', University of Tirana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tirana, Albania, 2,3University “Haxhi Zeka”, Faculty of Business, Pejë, Kosovo<br />https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brunilda-Zenelaga/publication/379775037_New_Trends_in_Students'_Reading_Habits/links/6683a69cf3b61c4e2ca6901e/New-Trends-in-Students-Reading-Habits.pdf
# ‘Immersive Reading’<br />https://manikapant18.medium.com/what-is-immersive-reading-and-how-it-makes-reading-fun-c71308ee1a04<br />
This article is focused on reading and understanding by students. The title sounds more promising than the actual content.
# Book-Tok and Gen-Z Reading habbits<br />https://www.publishers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BookTok-for-WEBSITE.pdf<br />
The numbers show that Book Tok – promoting books on TikTok – has caused an increase in book sales withing young (16-25 yo) people. It does not, however, show that they actually read them.<br />In this article from The Guardian: Gen Z is choosing the physical book over the digital environment.<br />https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/09/reading-is-so-sexy-gen-z-turns-to-physical-books-and-libraries.
# Are books dead? Why Gen Z doesn't read<br />https://www.generationtechblog.com/p/are-books-dead-why-gen-z-doesnt-read
# Generation z and the art of reading<br />https://euranetplus-inside.eu/generation-z-and-the-art-of-reading/
# How Gen Z Came to See Books as a Waste of Time<br />https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/11/books-briefing-gen-z-reading-books-waste-time/680586/

'''Use of Variable fonts ''' 

# Introduction to variable fonts https://web.dev/articles/variable-fonts 
# Axis-Praxis, Playing with OpenType Variable Fonts [https://www.axis-praxis.org/specimens/__DEFAULT__ https://www.axis-praxis.org] 
# Variable Fonts are Awesome for UX Design https://medium.com/staffbase-design/variable-fonts-are-awesome-for-ux-design-a4e3df68cd2 

'''Digital Typography Tools experiments'''

# Mark Schultz https://www.schultzschultz.com/touchtype.html
# Beatriz Lozano https://lozanotype.github.io/Java_Sans/
# Munken Poster-making https://colab.munken.com/munkencreator
# ABC Playground https://abc-etc.com/typewriter/

'''Digital Publishing experiments'''

# Text Rain, 1999, Camille Utterback &amp; Romy Achituv, Installation<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_u3sSffS78
# Edition at Play, 2016, initiative from Visual Editions and Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney, Australia<br />[https://editionsatplay.withgoogle.com/#!/detail/free-seed%23%252F https://editionsatplay.withgoogle.com/#!/detail/free-seed#%2F]
# Post Digital Graphic Design, Published by [https://www.onomatopee.net/ Onomatopee], [https://head-publishing.ch/ HEAD-Genève] &amp; [https://www.setmargins.press/ Set Margins]’<br />[https://postdigitalgraphicdesign.com/ https://postdigitalgraphicdesign.com]
# Divine Comedy, Artwork catalogue<br />https://divinecomedy.digital/#/

'''Reading Captions'''

# Benefits of Captions, Utha State University<br />https://www.usu.edu/accessibility/captions/benefits#:~:text=Adding%20captions%20to%20your%20videos,pay%20attention%20to%20the%20video