Phones are all around us. When we look up from our own, we see that everyone else is looking down at theirs. Our phones are with us wherever we go, in our pockets, our bags, in our hands. A recent PEW research report outlines the ways that phones have become ubiquitous; for a growing number of people, in particular those aged 18-29, the smartphone provides their primary access to the internet.
As well as using our phones more, we are also accessing multiple forms of content on these devices. We make and watch videos, we take and share photos. We chatter. We play games. We watch movies and TV. We listen. And we read. We read texts and messages, we read social media feeds, we read journalism, we read gossip, we read commentary. A lot of the time we spend staring at our phones we are reading.
