As technology grow and increasingly gets bigger and and better people are finding new ways to harness that information and use it to their advantage and learn from it. Clive Thompson suggests that technology is even helping literacy and this young generation. He states that “Young people write far more than any generation before them”(Source 7). You can thank Twitter and Facebook for the mass amount of posts and writing from teens. Thompson followingly says that “students were remarkably adept at what rhetoricians call kairos - addressing their audience and adapting their tone and technique to best get their point across.(Source 7)
Comedian Jon Stewart states “The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom”. In the chapter “Public Thinking” from the book Smarter Than You Think, Clive Thompson addresses the topic of modern day technology, and argues that the internet is an effective and useful tool which positively impacts the way people think. Thompson is a contributing writer for The New York Times and Wired Magazine, as well as author of the book Smarter Than You Think with degrees in Political Science and English. He supports this claim by referring to Ory Okolloh, a law student and blogger about Kenyan politics and corruption, and describing her positive experience with the internet. He then refers to the “audience effect” which can clarify the mind and change one’s performance.
Public Thinking Analysis Have you ever wondered how technology can help increase the clarity of your writing? In the chapter, “Public Thinking” in the book Smarter Than You Think Clive Thompson (2013), a well- known Canadian journalist promotes online public thinking. Being born in 1968, it is ironic how he supports the use of technology rather than trying to convince his audience the downside of it. Thompson works as a journalist, blogger, and technology writer influences his use of technology and how it inspires better writing through public publishing.
Nicholas Carr makes claims about his own ideas supported by evidence from experts before providing his own rhetorical interpretation for his readers to consider. The question "Is Google Making Us Stupid" is posed by Nicholas Carr to determine whether our use of the internet has an impact on how our brains process written material. In order to connect with his audience, Carr employs ethos as a rhetorical strategy. He argues through the concept of ethos that the internet has produced a society where people are more concerned with getting quick information than setting aside time to read and relize an article.
How Machines Have Changed Humanity In Clive Thompson’s essay, “Smarter than You Think” he argues that technology enhances humanity. That it allows for deeper thought and easier access to knowledge. He presents these arguments by opening with a story about how the game of chess changed with the arrival of computers. He uses this story along with techniques like evidence, claims, and assumptions to further his point and strengthen his argument.
In his book Smarter Than You Think, Clive Thompson aims to persuade the readers into believing that technology has had a positive impact on our society and the World as a whole. He claims that technology has improved our retention rates, allows us to write and think with global audiences and even improves our senses. How does he persuade us to believe his claims? He gives us many examples of people and their inventions, and how these inventions have had positive impacts on our society. One example he gives us is Ory Okolloh, a woman who created a website that played an important role during the disputed presidential elections in Kenya in 2007.
Everyone’s An Author with Readings by Andrea Lunsford, Michal Brody, Lisa Ede, Beverly J. Moss, Carole Clark Papper, and Keith Walters; is about how everyday writing is very closely related to academic writing. This book discusses The Need for Rhetoric and Writing, Genres of Writing, The Role of Argument, Research, Style, and includes Readings. The text also bridges the gap between Facebook and academic writing, showing how some tactics students use in social media may also be used in their academic
In Clive Thompson’s essay, “Smarter Than You Think”, he argues that computers and search engines such as Google actually improve our memory and therefore our ability to analyze information. Thompson bases his theory on the concept of Transactive memory, a social system in which information is shared collectively in a group, with different people assigned key pieces of that information to remember. In Thompson’s opinion, the internet has become that “collective memory” for the people that use it, storing and dispensing knowledge and details more efficiently and accurately than any human could. Though he admits that when humans store information on a computer we’re less likely to personally recall it, he persists that historically human beings
In “Should Everybody Write?” by Dennis Baron —a professor of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois— argues that a lot more people are writing due to technological advancement. Earlier technology such as the pen, typewriter, and the printing press have expanded who gets to write. Today, the computer and the internet allows anyone to be a writer as Baron simply states “thanks to the computer and the internet, anyone can be a writer: all you need is a laptop, a Wi-Fi card, and a place to sit at Starbucks” (840). People can “bypass the usual quality controls set by reviewers, editors and publishers” (841). While nowadays anyone can publish their writing without trouble it wasn’t always that way.
Not So Fast” Andrea Lunsford researched students’ writing for 30-plus years to see what effect new technology has on how students learn. Lunsford discovered that students are actually improving their own writing skills with the help of mass media. Not only does it allow students more access to educational resources and information, but it also encourages students to do more creative thinking and writing outside of class which Lunsford refers to in her article as “life writing.” In her research she recalls the account of a student who sent a friend a text message which was completely informal and would be considered unprofessional by most piers. However, the same student also sent a very formal and professional report to her faculty adviser later on.
Clay Shirky, the author of “Does the internet make you smarter?” wrote about how ignorance has poisoned the internet with incorrect information. Not only does technology has its flaws, but so do books and novels dating back to the Protestant Reformation. Even though many people are against the internet Shirky reassures that if used correctly and appropriately, then it can become a very useful tool that can “tap our cognitive surplus”. The increased collaboration of technology is important to society for the reason that the internet is full of valuable knowledge that can be claimed very quickly and easily. Increased collaboration is absolutely a benefit.
Nicholas Carr, What the Internet is doing to Our Brains The Shallows (2010) asserts that, “The price we pay to assume technology’s power is alienation.” He supports this assertion by saying, “They both ultimately achieve their mental and behavioral effects by shaping the synaptic organization of the brain.” Also by, “ We long to keep it activated.” The writer concludes in order for people to improve their thoughts, they will have to cope with the new technology and how they think. Carr believes that technology is taking over how people interact with each other.
That Way We’re All Writing Now is an article that discusses the benefits of the internet’s language changing to connect everyone together and to make the new language efficient to everyone. Being the audience on social media makes you able to enjoy the post or comment said by someone depending on the creativity or humor of it. Being able to anticipate a comment on social media will make you be able to enjoy the post depending on the humor and creativity of it. Thompson’s claim of the syntax of technology changing is for the two reasons which is that people are having the feeling of it being universal between one another and connecting our youth to the creation of these languages.
Love, most people would say it 's a wonderful thing, but is it worth your life? In William Shakespeare 's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the leading cause of Romeo and Juliet 's death was the external conflict of the two families feud with each other. The Capulet’s and the Montague 's have had a long history of being rivals. From the very first scene in the play it obvious that they have so much hatred towards each other they just fight to be fighting. ”Draw if you be men” (I.i.55) this quote really shows that the families had a huge rivalry Sampson and Abram (the ones that started the fight), weren 't even family members, they were just servants of the two families.
Ancient forms of human communication include cave drawings, smoke signals, symbols, and carrier pigeons. During the late 1800’s, communication became more advanced with the invention of the typewriter and the telephone. Roughly one hundred years later, a military project resulted in what we know today as the internet. With a little innovation, the internet made social interactions between people easier than ever, although, the convenience may come at a cost. Some theories suggest that heavy reliance on social media for human interaction will weaken communication skills, hinder meaningful social interactions, and negatively impact personal relationships.
