Text genre moderates the screen inferiority effect, with stronger negative effects for expository than narrative texts¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The review concludes that prior meta-analytic evidence identifies text genre as a moderator, with larger screen inferiority effects for expository than narrative texts. → Salmerón 2023

Evidence¶

Salmerón 2023¶

Salmerón, L., Altamura, L., Delgado, P., Karagiorgi, A., & Vargas, C. (2023). Reading comprehension on handheld devices vs. on paper: A narrative review and meta-analysis of the medium effect and its moderators. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000830

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r?

The review's synthesis of prior meta-analyses (Delgado et al., 2018; Clinton, 2019; Schwabe et al., 2022), attributed as the review attributes it. It notes no previous study had directly compared genre and medium using exclusively handheld devices.

"In sum, previous research has identified text genre as a relevant moderator of the screen inferiority effect, with stronger negative effects for expository than narrative texts."

Discussion¶

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