Kevin Moore in NZ suggests: "monitoring" for reading on screens -- another good idea!

Says Kevin Moore in New Zealand re

[Do we need a new word for the new-fangled kind of "reading" we do on screens?]

Kevin tells me in email today:

''Monitoring is a possible word for reading the content generated by a computer system, since it implies keeping an eye on what is going on (and computer screens are often referred to as monitors)''

-KM