As we have said repeatedly in class, questions from those posed in class and in discussions will appear on examinations and careful attention to both lectures and readings will help you write the best essays. 4. As examples only, the following are typical of the questions on JOUR3614 examinations: a. Choose one of the innovations we have discussed so far – writing, printing, newspapers – and answer the following question about it: What impact did it have on the media that preceded it? Think of continuity as well as change – and think not only of technology but also of its impact on society.
He agreed with his friend, and said under the sway of the machine, he “changed arguments to aphorisms, from thoughts to puns, from rhetoric to telegram style.” The story suggests that the Internet isn’t the sole reason for changing the way of thinking, but possibly technology in general. To go along with this thought, Carr also mentions how television, magazine, and newspaper ads have started using our new methods of absorbing information to create a compact and to-the-point advertisement design, further proving how our mind states have been
Criticism to Technopoly Abraham C. Vanegas University of Maryland University College Advance Writing 391 As I read Technopoly by Neil Postman my view of technology changes little by little. Although at first after reading the synopsis in the back of the book and the introduction I thought this might be just another book criticizing technology severely, I came to find the view of this author very interesting and at some point even realistic. Potsman is a knowledgeable person, his position as faculty and writer are very clear in his writing and his main idea, which is to keep one eye open when allowing technologies in our lives is actually something that after reading his book I will take into consideration. From the beginning of his book he explains how introducing new things to our life have changed the way we are in some sort of way since the old days. “A new technology does not add or subtract something.
“Making the grade at college: choices, stress, and surviving your freshman year” by Dr. Patrick Murphy is extremely insightful in what it takes to succeed in college. I feel as if this article is reliable. Dr. Patrick Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He has retired from Oklahoma State University but does still talk to the University’s students from time to time. The article could be considered scholarly as it is published on one of the university’s course websites and authored by someone with a PhD.
One of the first points that Hornsby tries to make is that Carr’s argument has not been proven by any long term studies. Carr is just basing his essay’s argument off of his own experience and personal opinions. In 2008, however, a study was done at UCLA that gave sufficient evidence that searching the web actually aids and improves a person’s brain function. The article states that”UCLA scientists have found that for computer-savvy middle-aged and older adults, searching the Internet triggers key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning. The findings demonstrate that Web search activity may help stimulate and possibly improve brain function.” (Internet Altering our Brains .1) If this study is accurate then it
Each time Ben had a question about something in his surrounding and tried to figure out why it works the way it works, he was automatically being a scientist. For starters, Ben created for himself, with this; he got the idea of helping others. However, there are several other inventions of Ben that we use in present day but that much in our dally life. Such like the following; clocks, astronomical instrument, the flexible catheter, a clothes pressing machine, improvements in the printing press, laboratory equipment, the glass harmonica, even a chair that can be converted into a ladder!
Have you noticed an interesting phenomenon? Sometimes when you meet a professor, you can infer his department from the way he talks, the register. In my mind, science professors talk more precisely, while literature professors prefer to use more rhetoric. Every discourse community has its’ own register, which is used by the members in the community to give a speech and write paper. In this essay, I will make a brief analysis of the register of my discourse community, electrical engineering.
Colleges value essays because they allow them to gain insight into who you are beyond the facts and figures of the application form. For you, this is the opportunity to present your most important strengths, especially those that may not be reflected elsewhere in your application. And it can and does happen that students on the academic borderline cross into the college promised land because of the power of their essays! By understanding the components of the essay and how to approach each of them, you will have the background information needed to tackle them. There is something to be learned from a 2,000-year-old general after
Now, he can zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski. Trent Batson’s article “Response to Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Batson has served as a professor of English, as Director of Academic Computing at two universities, and as communications strategist at MIT. His research areas include e-portfolios, teaching digital writing and other areas that bring together technological literacy and learning. You might consider the stasis points between Carr and Batson and, more specifically, whether technology has indeed provided a useful and effective form of public dialogue. Batson says that Carr being a writer he finds the Web a valuable tool, but he thinks it’s having a bad effect on his concentration.
He was ignoring his problem with the burial of Polyneices. As he was ignoring it, the problem grew. The audience can learn from this play it to be free of ignorance, arrogance, and pride. Ignorance is bliss, but it doesn’t last long enough. If people are aware from the start, there wouldn’t be a need to feel blissful.