I couldn’t agree more with Nicholas Carr that the internet distracts and interrupts our brain rendering it shallow. The persistent usage of the internet hurts our productivity at work, makes it tougher to filter out vital information and leads to scattered thinking. Even though, the internet allows us to collect information swiftly, increase various avenues of expression like the blogs, helps to socialize through Facebook, Twitter, but it also chips away our concentration in the sense that the mind now expects to take information the way the Net distributes it. We don’t want to think anymore but expects the internet to work harder rather than exploiting our brain. In a nutshell, the internet has overshadowed our other intellectual technologies.
Carr thinks that excessive use of the internet might cause permanent changes to the way our brains work and we don’t have to remember as much, because we have RAM (Random Access Memory). Carr suggests that due to all the choices and distractions the internet provides its user whilst searching for information, it ‘turns us back to our native state of distractedness’ (Carr 373). Carr feels like due to the constant quick thinking skills that the internet demands us to have; we are losing our higher order cognitive abilities gained from focus reading such as from a book. Our ability to think in a creative and reflective way is diminishing. Carr feels the automatic way of thinking means we are ‘losing our mental discipline’ (Carr 375).
Text speak saves time and shortens text length. In preparation and sending messages it reduces costs.... Some of the negative aspects of text speak are that.... Whether text speak eventually becomes the standard.... Over the past ten to fifteen years, there has been a major change in the way people communicate to each other due to the development of the internet. Because of this, there has been a massive effect on the amount of socialising between friends and family; using technology in online social messaging websites such as Bebo, MSN, Facebook and many more.
“likes” measures the about of new likers of a brand. b. Carmex: engagements are more important than likes because you can have people “like” pages with promotions without any knowledge of the product or true interest to ever purchase the products. A lot of ‘likes can provide inaccurate information due to the amount of individuals that simply click it without reading. 3 a. Engagement: Connecting to the Facebook audience by posting quality content daily that might attract consumers and gives them an opportunity to engage.
Josh Haning Mr. Rogers English Final 05/31/2011 Us Stupid Google Making Is As times change, so must our methods of dealing with them. The evolution of media has changed the way we absorb information from writing to radio to television and so on. During these trans-formative periods, skills are lost and skills are gained; but to label the internet as the catalyst for the degeneration of our intelligence goes a bit too far. In his article ”Is Google Making Us Stupid” Nicholas Carr argues that, in its current form, the internet is not conducive to the kind of deep thought required when reading a long article or novel. He feels that while the internet is extremely useful, it is designed to distract as opposed to focus the mind.
Every day, I hear about a scandal or crime involving media technology. Some argue that the solution to this problem is to get rid of it. However, making alcohol illegal did not stop others from having access. The solution is very complex and the issues may never be solved. In the meantime, use technology responsibly.
This revolutionary way of communication can help build relationships and bonds between people. This fast speed of communication will also help one broadcast them self, and allows them to do it almost as soon as whatever they are broadcasting took place. This new way of communication can only make the world a better place, by linking people together and telling them what they need to know as quickly as possible. Building relationships on the internet is dangerous. Anyone can be behind the computer you are engaging with.
Does Facebook Make Us Scared of Faces? The dawning of computers and the Information Age has made our lives better in countless ways. With these new technologies, we are better able to save time, effort, money, and resources. Unfortunately, there are some downsides to having computers and the internet engrained into society. Experts have been talking about the negative effects of social networking for the last decade or so.
On the other hand, he must take into account how the importance of technology to adolescents has resulted in a more diverse, independent group of thinkers who can develop thoughts and tone from their liberated exploration of an abundance of information. If one asserts that twenty-first century teens are revolving their lives around the fun, more entertaining aspects of technology, another can easily examine the positive effects of social networking and the internet. Even if an action like writing a post on Facebook seem useless, it still increases the amount of writing a person publishes in their lifetime. Due to the wide availability of technology, it is a useful product of the present that ultimately allows for the youth of society to expand and construct advanced
The author has produced scientific evidence to prove that Google has affected the way people live, how they interact or react to everything around them. As written on the book, Nicholas Carr explained “It is clear that users are not reading online in the traditional sense; indeed there are signs that new forms of reading are emerging as users ‘power browse’ horizontally through titles, contents pages and abstracts going for quick wins. It almost seems that they go online to avoid reading in