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Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) BLED 2014 Proceedings BLED Proceedings 6-2014 Is Google Making Us Stupid ? The Impact of the Internet on Reading Behaviour Val Hooper Victoria University of Welling ton, N ew Zealand, val.hooper@vuw.ac.nz Channa Herath Victoria University of Welling ton, N ew Zealand, channa.herath@myvuw.ac.nz Follow this and additional works at : /bled2014 Recommended Citation Hooper, al and Herath, Channa, Is Google Making Us Stupid ? The Impact of the Internet on Reading Behaviour (2014). BLED 2014 Proceedings. Paper 1. /bled2014/1 This material is brought to you by the BLED Proceedings at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in BLED 2014 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact elibrary@. 27th Bled eConference eEcosystems June 1 - 5, 2014; Bled, Slovenia Is Google Making Us Stupid? The Impact of the Internet on Reading Behaviour Val Hooper Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand val.hooper@vuw.ac.nz Channa Herath Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand channa.herath@myvuw.ac.nz Abstract This study explored the impact of the Internet on our reading behaviour. Using an exploratory survey, it examined the online and off line reading behaviour of individuals, and determined the underlying pat terns, the diff erences between online and off line reading, and the impacts of the online environment