Understanding Gen Z’s Reading Habits

By Kathi Inman Berens and Rachel Noorda, The Conversation

The Conversation serves as an independent, nonprofit news organization that offers readers factual analysis from researchers and scientists. Their aim is to help the audience make sense of our complex world. Recent discussions have highlighted a perceived decline in recreational reading among younger Americans. Reports attribute this to factors like COVID-19, artificial intelligence, and social media.

However, as the authors of the study How Gen Z Discover and Consume Books, we suggest that many claims about Gen Z’s reading behaviors are inaccurate.