He has represented the Internet as the answer to all of society's worries. In both these articles both writers provide very convincing evidence weather on how the Internet is making us more brilliant or is it turning us brainless. In Nicholas Carr’s Article “Does the Internet Make You Dumber?” he argues the fact that the Internet indeed does make you “dumber,” almost scaring its reader to stay away from web usage. He takes a more scientific approach talking about how the Internet allows us to have a mass amount of information at any time, but with all that info comes distractions. He goes on about how those distractions hurt our mental thinking.
Viehmann English 112 Google: The Fast and Arguable Resource In Nicholas Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” he talks about how he had difficulties researching while reading books and long articles. He discusses on how the Internet effects our thinking, reading, writing, and how our brains react to get used to the new media. Carr attempts to provoke the reader with negative effects that result from Internet use. Carr uses some specific examples, and figures, to demonstrate his point of view on online researching. From Carr's opening paragraph, he gives a rough understanding on his skewed view, comparing Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey to his own personal emotion of becoming mentally disconnected.
There are many famous people including Bauerlein himself were having an argument with another group of people on whether digital culture is an advantage or not. He backs up his opinion by saying “Together they form an imposing countervailing force, an alliance to slow the headlong rush to technologies learning, reading, writing, and intellectual life.” Bauerlein believes digital culture had cut of young adults’ understanding on literature and history because at this time, young adults would prefer to find answers on the Internet; therefore, reading also becomes a problem. Even though teenagers are willing to adapt the new learning style is an advantage for them; however, they should not abandon the old way of studying. Bauerlein said “If it doesn't happen in high school, in college and in home at this time, it probably never will.” Young adults should be aware of how to study when there aren’t any digital culture provided, on the other
Carr finds a published study of online research habits conducted by scholars from the University College London. As he states, this study “suggests that we may well be in the midst of sea change in the way we read and think” (Carr 68). The university found that students would just be “bouncing” out to another site while reading one or two pages of an article or book. The authors of the study state, “It is clear that users are not reading online in the traditional sense… new forms of “reading” are emerging as users “power browse” horizontally through titles. It almost seems that they go online to avoid reading in the traditional sense” (Carr 69).
She provides various arguments regarding her theory and growing concern of whether students benefit from online educational platforms. This essay addresses the many deficits of online learning, particularly concerning the subject of writing. Kiefer also discusses the fact that, although online learning is a now a popular trend due the advancement of technology, it is a flawed system due to a writing teacher trying to foster student-student interaction with no resources other than electronic discourse (Kiefer, 2007). She reveals concerns from the standpoint of classroom support software, student's time constraints and "Market" Models of Education. Additionally, there is an incredible level of detachment caused by the impersonal nature of these online courses among students and student as well as teacher and student.
The instant entertainment, communication, and social media all gone, people’s lives would probably be destroyed. We are too reliant on technology and it’s becoming part of our lives. Computers and cell phones affect social interaction, interferes with family obligations, and shortens ones attention span. Although this “supersystem” provides us with the best entertainment and is always convenient, we should go into the outside world and do activities without the use of the internet. Instead of wasting valuable time browsing the web, try going to a fundraiser or book signing.
Carr pleads with us to comprehend his case by writing, “I’m not the only one. When I mention my troubles with reading to friends and acquaintances—literary types, most of them—many say they’re having similar experiences.” Apparently, these experiences of distraction, “skim reading”, and horizontal thinking is not uncommon. Carr develops the idea that the internet has become an instinct ruler over our thoughts. Because Carr believes in the plasticity of the human brain, he generates question that the internet has been a large
Additionally, Nicholas Carr uses rhetorical appeals to Logos or reason by referring in his article the internet to being "shallow". Mr. Carr uses this sense of reason to influence the reader by referencing several different studies completed by Cornell University as well as Stanford University supporting his article. In his article, “Does the internet make you dumber” by using emotion to make the reader believe if he or she does not agree with these statements they may be shallow or less intelligent. Mr. Carr
This act would give the government the power to cut off certain websites from the web. The bill is mainly concerned with copyrights and piracy but many people are worried that the bill goes too far into the realm of government censorship. Describe the general area to be studied The general area to be studied is the supposed free economy of the World Wide Web and the interaction it has with governments on issues of censorship and copyright laws.
Alicia Zapata English 126 October 31, 2012 In the essay, “Are Social Networks Messing with Your Head?,” David DiSalvo convinces his readers that, “as social networks proliferate, they are changing the way people think about the Internet, from a tool used in solitary anonymity to a medium that touches on questions about human nature and identity; who we are, how we feel about ourselves, and how we act toward one another” (501). He bases his argument on multiple psychological research which indicates social networking sites do not cause loneliness, rather it makes those who were lonely prior to social networking lonelier, and for those who are not lonely, social networking sites actually help them continue their online relationships offline, which isn’t a bad thing in that case. It has also been researched that social networking is a self-esteem booster, and is even paving the way for those with narcissist personalities, however, just as it can be a self-esteem booster, social networking has the ability to bring down self-esteem just as fast. DiSalvo also talks about how we are obsessively going online, spending unhealthy amounts of time on social network websites to the point where it starts to become debilitating. The essay concludes with the idea that there is a transformational current going on, and social media is not only changing the way we interact with one another, but it is also affecting our brains, having a psychological effect on us.