Buchmesse: Buchbranche warnt vor Folgen der Leseschwäche unter jungen Menschen
Unter Jugendlichen ist der Buchmarkt 2025 um über 30 Prozent geschrumpft. Der Buchhandel warnt vor Folgen für die Meinungsbildung – und einer Kompensation durch KI.
Frankfurt - At the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the president of the German Booksellers' Association, Sebastian Guggolz, warned of the serious consequences of declining reading skills among young people and called for concrete action. He said that adult literacy problems could become a problem of opinion formation if people are unable to understand and compare different positions when reading.
Guggolz pointed to statistics for the 2025 book market, which showed a 30.6 percent drop in book purchases in the 10-15 age range. He also cited a recent Pisa study, which found that one in three 15-year-olds lacked basic reading competence. Guggolz noted that the problem of reading competence could not be compensated for by the rise of AI, which can provide answers at will. "If a person can no longer read meaningfully, they cannot verify an AI answer."
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