Your Personality Is the Reflection of What You Read
We live in a world where we consume a lot of content daily and in different formats by scrolling through our Facebook pages, Instagram shorts, and chats. Though some of these contents are informative and meet our purpose of entertainment, mostly they come in an unorganized form.
Instructional design theories state that unstructured reading material or reading pattern reduces the information retention capacity. Therefore, consuming organized content becomes essential to have maximum benefit and retain the information for a longer time. Digital platforms like The Story Cabinet (TSC) present a plethora of informative and interesting reading material in an organized and structured manner. Apart from a dedicated Writer’s section to publish content, TSC gives its readers the flexibility to continue their reading anytime and anywhere.
The Types of Content We Consume These Days
According to research by HubSpot, 47 percent of social media users report seeing more spam in their feeds. As a result, various professionals stay off of social media and do not want to waste their time scrolling through useless content.
Over Promotional Sales Post
Facebook ads, promoted tweets, and LinkedIn advertising have become platforms for promoting or selling products or services. A barrage of over-promotional posts wastes time and turns people off.
Duplicated and Unaccredited Content
People join social platforms for different purposes, but these platforms get filled with duplicated posts. We shuffle similar and inappropriate posts across all digital platforms. Many brands copy the content directly from other sources without crediting them.
Spam and Irrelevant News
Social media feeds them with spam, fake content, and irrelevant news that do not add value to our life. Hate speech based on religion and politics is another drawback of social platforms.
Misspelled and Grammatical Errors
The content floating on social media is often poorly constructed and filled with spelling and grammatical errors.
Why We Must Choose What We Read
Reading plays a crucial role in our overall development, and what we read shapes our personality. A study shows that reading classic literature increases our ability to empathize. Thus, the type of content that we consume influences our thought process, decision-making ability, and personality development.
Let us see how reading different types of content influences our thinking and changes us in several aspects.
Motivational Content
Motivational content or books creates an optimistic impact on our life. It boosts our confidence and supports developing a positive outlook toward life. For example, motivational stories help us regain our faith in hard work, help us learn from other people’s lives, and aid in creating a better future.
Aggressive/Abusive Content
Research shows that people who read extremely-violent comic books attribute greater hostile intent to the provocateur and propose more aggressive retaliation than non-violent book readers. Aggressive or violent content has a behavioral impact and an impulsive action outcome.
Entertaining or Superficial Content
People reading superficial content experience no difference in their thought processes, behavior, knowledge, or intelligence. This content may engage us for a little time but adds no value to our personality.
Philosophical Content
Philosophical content helps us understand the way we think and why we think that way. It helps us understand the universe and how self-understanding. We can formulate ideas on government or politics by reading philosophical books.
The Story Cabinet – Your Customized Digital Library
The Story Cabinet (TSC), a digital platform for readers and writers, brings a digital library with a wide range of content that readers can customize at their convenience.
TSC mobile app provides different content genres that users can customize to create personalized reading lists. You can even add stories to the library and add them to the reading list. The carefully curated content of the TSC Mobile app aims to provide entertainment as well as the intended mental nourishment.