Addiction to social media, gaming and binge-watching are barriers that prevent reading an article or a book. It would be interesting to see how people are going to develop a reading habit by reading a summay first and then an entire article or a book.

Including a short-form summary: Although WhatsApp provides no monitoring mechanism, anecdotal evidence points to the fact that most readers are content to read the summary when they start. They move to clicking through to the article as they become more confident. Zatakia says that starting with a book is the biggest mistake people make when they try and develop a reading habit. It can be overwhelming and most will give up the attempt.