What connection does the author draw between new digital media and movies?
A. The author shows how digital media has negatively impacted teenagers’ engagement in other activities, such as going to the movies.
B. The author highlights the disadvantages of spending more time streaming movies alone, than going to the theater with friends.
C. The author shows how new digital media and movies both discourage teenagers from reading for pleasure. D. The author discusses how new digital media doesn’t require teenagers to engage in complex thought, as movies once did.

The connection that the author draws between new digital media and movies is by showing how new digital media and movies both discourage teenagers from reading for pleasure.

Explanation:

The author is concerned about the fact that how new digital media and movies have lead to an decrease in teenagers spending time with traditional media such as books and magazines.  If we compare teenagers to the previous generation, teens these days spend more time on smartphone, and this is mainly because it acts as a medium for people to connect with everything and everyone.

New digital media have discouraged teenagers from the pleasure of reading. They no longer go to libraries and seek information or pleasure derived from reading. Teens these days prefer reading e-books rather than paperback.

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."