當代中國的國民閱讀生態出現一些讓人憂慮的困境,人們的閱讀越來越趨向"快"、"泛"、"短"、"淺"、"碎"。導致這些困境的原因復雜而多樣,其中數字化的電子閱讀是一個值得關注的問題。如今,各種電子裝置不但為閱讀提供了新的文本媒介,導致了從紙質文本向電子文本和超文字的根本轉變,而且深刻改變了人們的閱讀行為和習性,建構了一種全新的閱讀範式。其後果之一便是以超級注意力為認知特徵的瀏覽式閱讀大行其道,而曾經流行的以深度注意力為認知特徵的沉浸式閱讀日趨衰微。隨著中國社會文化和科技的進步,數字化的電子閱讀勢不可擋,但這把雙刃劍的積極和消極面應同樣引起我們的高度關注。如果說數字化的電子閱讀是"狼來了",那麼問題的關鍵不是拒"狼"於千里之外,而是如何瞭解"狼性"而實現"與狼共舞"。面對電子閱讀的壓倒性優勢,努力在讀者群體(尤其是青少年)中培育、維持並強化沉浸式閱讀行為及習性,進而維繫閱讀生態的平衡,應是走出當下閱讀困境的有效路徑之一。

There are some unfortunate developments in popular reading in contemporary China:People"s reading is becoming ever "faster," "broader," "shorter,""shallower,"and more fragmentary.The reasons for this are complex and varied,but digital e-reading is certainly one of them.At present,different electronic gadgets not only offer a new textual medium,leading to the fundamental transition from paper to electronic texts and hypertexts and the consequent deep-rooted change in reading behavior and habits;they also construct a totally new reading paradigm.One result is the growing popularity of"scanning," with cognition marked by hyper attention,at the expense of previous immersive reading marked by deep attention.As China"s social culture and technology develop,digital e-reading is unstoppable,but we need to pay close attention to both the positive and the negative side of this double-edged sword.If we cry"wolf"over digital e-reading,the key to solving the problem is not to keep the wolf a thousand miles away but to understand its nature and"dance with the wolves."Faced with the overwhelming strengths of e-reading,endeavoring to cultivate,maintain and strengthen immersive reading behavior and habits among the reading population,especially the young,and thereby maintaining the balance of the reading ecology,should be one effective way of dealing with the straits in which reading finds itself.