Written Communication Assignment Two

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Student Name: | | Student ID No.: | | Unit Name: | Written Communication | Unit Code: | COM0295 | Tutor’s name: | Rob Garbutt | Assignment No.: | Two | Assignment Title: | 500 word Critical Evaluation | Due date: | 19th July, 2013 | Date submitted: | 18th July, 2013 |

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Critical Evaluation: Reading 6.1 (Carr, N. 2010. ‘Does the internet make you dumber’)
The article, ‘Does the internet make you dumber’, written by Nicholas Carr is attempting to answer the query of whether the internet is creating an epidemic of individuals who are shallow, superficial thinkers. Throughout the article, Carr uses evidence to not only support his claim, but uses the evidence to reinforce his assumption about the link between superficial thinking and the internet.

The claim that Carr has made is that the internet is the cause of the transition from deep thinking to superficial and scattered thinking. He not only assumes that the internet is the cause of this, but finds research