The End of the Printed Page, Newspapers, Books and Critical Thinking: Welcome to the Brave New World of "Screening" Which Replaces "Reading" as a Verb

The End of the Printed Page, Newspapers, Books and Critical Thinking: Welcome to the Brave New World of "Screening" Which Replaces "Reading" as a Verb

Verb 1.

screening, the act of reading text or viewing text and pictures on a TV screen, cellphone screen, PDA screen or a computer screen, replaced the verb "reading" in the year 2009 AD since most people at that time where getting their information from using TV, phone and computer screens.

examples:

"I don't like rreading anymore on paper, and I never read newspapers anymore. I prefer to do my screening online."

18 year old student, Harvey Mudd University

I never read newspapers anymore, I spend most of my spare time just screening online and get my information that way," said high school student Ellen Jones.

SCREENING REPLACES READING AS A VERB, headline in New York Times reads in 2010

Noun 1. screening - the display of a motion picture
showing, viewing
display - exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage"
preview - a screening for a select audience in advance of release for
the general public
2. screening - fabric of metal or plastic mesh
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting
or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in
the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated
in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for
a dress"
screen - a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted
in a frame; "they put screens in the windows for protection against
insects"; "a metal screen protected the observers"
3. screening - the act of concealing the existence of something by
obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy
aircraft"
masking, cover, covering
concealing, hiding, concealment - the activity of keeping something secret
4. screening - testing objects or persons in order to identify those
with particular characteristics
testing - an examination of the characteristics of something; "there
are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing
thousands of children for smallpox"
genetic screening - analyzing a group of people to determine genetic
susceptibility to a particular disease; "genetic screening of infants
for phenylketonuria"

Definitions of screening on the Web:

the display of a motion picture
fabric of metal or plastic mesh
cover: the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing
the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"
testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular
characteristics
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

The Screening is a 2007 film directed by G. Cameron Romero.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screening

Screening, in medicine, is a strategy used in a population to detect a
disease in individuals without signs or symptoms of that disease. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screening_(medicine)

Halftone is the reprographic technique that simulates continuous tone
imagery through the use of equally spaced dots of varying
size.Campbell, Alastair. The Designer's Lexicon. (c)2000 Chronicle,
San Francisco. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screening_(printing)

Screening in economics refers to a strategy of combating adverse
selection, one of the potential decision-making complications in cases
of ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screening_(economics)

Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door"); The
process of checking or filtering
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/screening

Screened - Projection screens are installations consisting of blank
surface and a support structure used for displaying a projected image
for the view of an ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screened

examination of a group of usually asymptomatic individuals to detect
those with a high probability of having a given disease.
www.mshri.on.ca/colorectalcancer/definitions.html

The showing of a film for test audiences and/or people involved in the
making of the movie.
www.playwriting101.com/glossary

Exhibition of a movie, typically at a cinema.
www.teako170.com/glossary5.html

checking for disease when there are no symptoms.
www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.cfm

a test done on healthy people to detect tumors before they become
apparent. A mammogram is a screening test.
india.smashits.com/wikipedia/Cancer

the search for disease, such as cancer, in people without symptoms.
For example, the principal screening measure for breast cancer is
mammography. ...
www.mesothelioma-line.com/articles/glossary/

Pharmacological or toxicological screening consists of a specified set
of procedures to which a series of compounds is subjected to
characterize pharmacological and toxicological properties and to
establish dose- effect and dose- response relationships. [IUPAC Tox]
www.genomicglossaries.com/content/Assays.asp

Screening is the process of early diagnosis of a disease, ie
identification of disease or risk factors for the disease in its
pre-symptomatic or ...
www.collegeboard.com/yes/ae/gloss.html

The testing of an otherwise healthy person in order to diagnose
disorders at an early stage.
www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/factbk2/glossary.htm

Contacting, qualifying and inviting respondents to participate in
additional research.
www.marketresearchterms.com/s.php

Tests that sort out apparently well persons who probably have a
disease from those who probably do not. If positive, they would be
referred to a physician for diagnosis.
www.cprit.state.tx.us/impact/glossary.html

This is the presumptive identification of unrecognized disease or
behaviour by using tests, examinations, questionnaires and other
procedures. Screening sorts people into positives and negatives or
normals. People who are positive will probably require further
investigation. ...
nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/cgi-bin/library

The application of certain procedures to a denned population of
pupils, usually a whole age group, to identify pupils likely to
experience learning difficulties.
www.dg.dial.pipex.com/documents/docs1/bullock29.shtml

A municipal surface water treatment plant must first screen or sieve
out large objects such as trash and leaves. The tighter the mesh of
the sieve, the smaller the particles must be to pass through. ...
www.fact-archive.com/encyclopedia/Water_purification

Brief check of a patient's mouth to determine basic needs and
appropriate area for future scheduling.
www.janela1.com/vh/docs/v0001418.htm

(Process) Having separated various sized particles by passing over
and/or through screens (AAFCO, 2000).
www.fao.org/docrep/005/y1453e/y1453e06.htm

stands for the cleaning of pulp of foreign substances.
www.metsabotnia.com/en/default.asp

is a preliminary process for identifying pupils who may be at risk of
future difficulty in a particular area and who therefore maybe a
priority for intervention. ...
www.european-agency.org/site/themes/assessment/docs/glossary.doc

Testing a population group to identify individuals at high risk of
having or transmitting a specific genetic disorder.
depts.washington.edu/cgph/GeneticTestingGlossary.htm

An illegal tactic by a player or players to block the view of their
teammate's serve from the opposing team.
www.nbcolympics.com/beachvolleyball/insidethissport/glossary/newsid=118858.html

Rotating or static screens which capture large particles, eg leaves and fish.
hsc.sca.nsw.gov.au/biology/terms-and-definitions

Screening is a health service in which members of a defined
population, who do not necessarily perceive they are at risk of, or
are already affected by, a disease or its complications, are asked a
question or offered a test to identify those individuals who are more
likely to be helped than ...
www.nsu.govt.nz/Health-Professionals/2419.asp

Applying social and/or environmental criteria to investments, in
addition to purely financial criteria. Negative screening involves
avoiding investments in companies with bad social and/or environmental
records. ...
www.goodmoney.com/diction.htm

is when healthy children and adults are tested to see if they are
likely to develop a condition. Screening tests don't generally confirm
that ...
www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/newborn/glossary/index.htm

Tests that are given to check for early signs of disease in people who
have no symptoms. Screening can identify potential disease very early
when treatment is most effective.
www.mass.gov/