Five kinds of reading that developing the introduction of print

1. Critical Reading is due to the fact that texts finally became accessible to the common population, critical reading emerged because people were given the option to form their own opinions on texts.

2. Dangerous Reading is reading was seen as a risky pursuit because it was considered rebellious and unsociable. This was especially in the case of women because reading might stir up dangerous emotions like love. There was also the concern that if women might read, they could read love notes.

3. Creative Reading is Printing allowed people to read texts and interpret them imaginatively, often in very different ways than the author intended.

4. Extensive Reading is Print allowed for a wide range of texts to become available, thus, previous methods of intensive reading of texts from start to finish, began to modify. With texts being readily available, people began reading on exacting topics or chapters, allowing for much more extensive reading on a wider range of topics.

5. Private Reading is connected to the rise of individualism. Before print, reading was frequently a group event, where one person would read to a group of people. With print, literacy rose as did availability of texts, hence reading became a solitary pursuit.