Google has become a lifesaver to many people because they get their answers by just searching a word, but they are unaware that many hyperlinks are distracting their mind and wasting their time. Google can be helpful, but it can also distract our minds to see irrelevant information. When I am doing my article project, if I see the articles that are too long; I will not read the whole article. Instead I will always find Google to help me search the summary of that article. It will save me a lot of time, but I would be distracted by other related readings.
The focus in this essay will be on how Jonathan Franzen uses a lot of different rhetorical methods to engage and convince the young readers with his massage. This essay will also discuss if Jonathan Franzen managed to convince the young readers and if the increased use of social media really has such bad consequences? Jonathan Franzen uses a lot of different methods to convince and engage the young readers. Even before you have read the essay you see the title “Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts”, this title will engage the young readers because they can recognize the word “liking” from facebook.
This leads to the question, at what point does this become too much? Although all of this information gathered by Google is used to improve the accuracy of result for searches for a particular individual, there is uncertainty around its future. Google’s revenue depends on advertisements; therefore they want the best possible match in order to increase their revenue. Due to the fact they are a business, they will continue non-stop to gather more and more data, taking more and more privacy from individuals for their own good. Google’ ideal situation is to have everyone connected on the web, and as they’re enter the mobile world it will enable them to obtain more information.
Ryan Grezaffi Mrs. Pitre English 101 September 21, 2012 Do Smartphones Make Us Smarter? I am always amazed by the latest and greatest technology advances especially when it comes to Smartphones. “Digital Swiss-Army Knife”, is the best way to describe a modern day iPhone. I rely on my mine every day to look up answers to random questions, e-mail, text and find points of interest. Having this kind of information and connectivity at our fingertip should make us smarter, right?
Throughout the article “Tomorrow will not be like today,” Bronwyn T. Williams presented his views on how today’s fast changing online communication technologies is significantly changing the way young people read and write. Williams went on to clarify his main point and said that, the current changes in how young people read and write with words and images may bold well for literacy classes, if these new online communication technologies are incorporated into literacy curriculums. He writes supporting his argument with rhetorical strategies including ethos, and his message has an objective of persuading his audience who may be teachers and parents. His audiences are definitely people who have a say in advocating for these new online communication technologies to be incorporated into literacy curriculum in schools, because he write to convince them to push for his views. Williams makes his claims credible by using facts and convincing examples to support his argument.
Rivalry between competitors: with this new entry, there will be much rivalry between other brands, as we read in the article that occurs with Amazon. Power of negotiation between vendors: by this, is torn between the product's price and cost for providers of iPad, so there has been conflict. Buyers bargaining power: you want to put a price according to the quality of the iPad, but good in comparison with other similar products, to increase sales on consumers and dominate in the market for e-books. Threat of substitute products income: for they arise cannot substitute for iPad, need to change attitudes that these had, keeping the good quality and that this is consistent with the established price. What makes the iPad a disruptive technology?
There is an informal tone to the whole piece created partly by the complex sentences. This makes the tone very chatty and in places, such as when Ruby tells us what song she was singing under the covers or which teddies she rescued from the fire, the information being shared with us has no real relevance to the story but does help us to empathise with Ruby as a character. Despite the light-hearted tone, we are still left in no doubt about the vulnerability of Ruby the main character. The use of many long, complex and compound sentences create a chatty, informal tone – the sentences are not to the point – there are many opinions and thoughts that are not necessary to know to be able to understand the story.
This article also claims that technology is a huge distraction in our lives in the sense that instead of traditional reading we now tend to skim read and even skip right to another article without ever returning to the original one. Traditional media has to live up to the expectation their audiences have of everything being a "shortcut". We are becoming too use to being able to access information faster and more conveniently. According to this article, technology is becoming more important than the mind of the human being. Google is used as an example of how we have begun a new form or way of reading and thinking as we hyperlink or way through the web instead of going to a library to read periodicals.
In addition, Internet service providers have started partnering with companies like Phorm and NebuAd in order to record and analyze customer activity. Ad targeting is hot, and the race is on to see who can nail it. To calm fears about privacy implications and to avoid regulation, many of the big players are following voluntary guidelines and initiating consumer education efforts. A majority of consumers are not comfortable being tracked online, although not many
In "Little Things", the characters stand out more in the story rather than the narrator describing their situation. It is striking in a way that the message is conveyed directly to the reader. Raymond directly deals with the issues which he wishes to present to the readers. This story describes a situation in which most of the people find themselves now-a-days and that's what makes this so appealing and interesting. Although I was a bit surprised due to the use of over-dramatized language in the story which is normally socially and morally un-acceptable but perhaps the essence and true meaning of the story could not have been achieved without that.