Do you prefer reading or watching videos to learn something new?

When you want to learn something new, do you prefer reading or watching videos?

With the popularity of Youtube and other video sites nowadays, a lot of people prefer to learn by watching videos rather than read.

I personally prefer reading because I'm quite a speedy reader so I can skim through a book, scan it and pick up the most important points.

But with video, it's hard to skip through a video quickly without missing important points. The watch a video quickly is by setting the play speed to x2, but then everyone in the video starts to sound like The Chipmunks.

Vote on the poll above this thread or share your opinions here.

I believe this thread will be very important in the near future with video being so easy to access through mobile devices, and books gaining less importance amongst the younger generations...

 

I never had the patience to watch a video. I like to read, since I can follow the information easier. As creating video content is concerned, if I don't see its use myself, I've stuck to writing articles.

 

Well mostly reading though if its really something new to me then videos as we will know the exact thing to do and not get confused between steps.

 

Visualization is always better than reading to understand a matter...

 

Always reading...I do think how fast you read does matter, my husband never reads and prefers videos. Give me the book!

 

I prefer watching videos.

 

Watching videos gives me more visual information, I prefer videos.

 

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I prefer both reading and watching if its easier and my interest topic.

 

well videos are more better than books

 

It usually depends on the subject.

 

I prefer reading, but it depends on the subject. If I learning about design/digital painting, I prefer watching videos.

 

It all depends on the subject.

 

Yes, I agree with you. Books could tell more details about a new thing to you, while videos are easier to understand. Both of books and videos are good ways to learn new things.

 

I prefer books always been my favorite.

 

I prefer videos, much easier to understand something rather than reading it.

 

I prefer watching video since that consumes much less time in understanding the new concepts easily .
if we are going to read there are several other advantages also

 

I prefer reading and watching movies. I love learning new things but not all the time.

 

Actually I learn english and I use to that ebooks and videos. To other things I prefer read books usually.