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minus-squarerecursivethinking@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI once saw a study on the Reading Grade Level of various newspapers, and some of them were like 7th grade. This was back in mid-2000s. Sicne Internet News exploded, it feels like it’s gotten much worse.
minus-squareathatet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months ago56% of USA reads below a 6th grade level. Newspaper articles are written at a similar level so that more people can read them.
I once saw a study on the Reading Grade Level of various newspapers, and some of them were like 7th grade. This was back in mid-2000s. Sicne Internet News exploded, it feels like it’s gotten much worse.
56% of USA reads below a 6th grade level. Newspaper articles are written at a similar level so that more people can read them.