Even though technology is very useful, we still overuse it and have become dependent on it. Although, books aren’t exactly valued in our society as much as I wish it was, they still are proven to be useful at some points. But they also provide us with a storylines like video games or tv shows but with more details and lets you see into the character’s mind. The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is proven to give awareness on how technology is replacing books.
With a paper book, you are able to concentrate and comprehend more. With an online version of a book, there are more opportunities to get distracted with. There was a research study in Kansas State University to see if multimedia disrupts the viewer's ability to learn. They had two groups of colleges students, one group was watching a CNN video that had ads rolling through the bottom on the video and the other group was watching the same video but without the ads. Then, “Subsequent tests found that the students who had watched the multimedia version remembered significantly fewer facts from the stories than those who had watched the simpler version (129).”
Technology will be considered the best and what was once valued to be a brain in human being, will now be frowned upon. As the Internet becomes our main source of information, it is affecting our chances to read books. This process of rewiring our brains is the danger of crushing human experience even as it offers the benefits of knowledge
Now, we are considering replacing libraries with E-Books, and other types of technology. "The internet has replaced the importance of libraries as a repository for knowledge. And digital distribution has replaced the role of a library as a central hub for obtaining the containers of such knowledge: books" (MG Siegler). However, although our society might not be as extreme as Fahrenheit 451's, there's a
On the other hand, when I read books everything changes; I think and feel a multitude of emotions that make my brain visualize the words. Books don’t give you images like technology and TV does, you make your own images, movies and characters out of the descriptions out of the words that play in your head. Books make us human. Books gives us an opportunity to think about life, and how the story or content of the book helps us in the real world, while technology sucks out the intelligence and comprehension away from
For example, the seashell radios that people put in their ears, are just like bluetooth or earbuds of our society. Also the parlor walls are an example of flat screen TV’s. The parlor walls are very similar to many social media sites like Facebook , that people interact with each other through. These new technologies all share one thing in common, they all replace books in some form, when getting information. I think books in today’s society are valued very little for most of the population, but in many cases people still may value them greatly.
In my opinion Bradbury was completely right to be afraid of technology replacing books. Although with having the technology for as long as we have I think we know boundaries, and know when to leave things as they are and when something can be changed. Books are used every day all over the world 24/7. We value the books we have and the books that might come in the future. Even though some books will be read on an electronic, we still read and enjoy them.
Though books are still available today most opt. for kindles, ebooks, nooks, etc. Many bookstores have closed due to the demand for this technology. Phones. Phones are an example of how dependent we are on technology.
When Carr discusses how the internet has affected people close to him he discusses their experiences by saying, “The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing”. This phenomenon is quite evident in "Fahrenheit 451" with Mildred, the programing she views has reduced her attention span to nearly nonexistent as she doesn’t fully comprehend what Montag says in their discussions. A con of the internet would have to be the fact that information is readily available, it allows us to consume lots of information in a shorter amount of time. In the past information took time to find and was mostly found in written books, "Fahrenheit 451" is a society in which this concept has been brought to an extreme. Print literature/any form of physical writing is extremely important according to Maryanne Wolf, an author referenced in the article, “The media or other technologies we use in learning and practicing the craft of reading play an important part in shaping the neural circuits inside our brains”.
Technology is advancing so much today that sometime in the future, the demand for books will no longer be needed just like in
Because, nowadays, e-readers are developed enough, her article could play an important role in making e-readers a significant tool for education. Moreover, the author is motivated to write the article as the number of the articles which discuss the impact of e-reader on reading practice of children is low. In addition to choosing the right time, Larson shows credibility in her article because of her experience as an instructor in the field of learning technologies. Furthermore, the case study, which is done by the author, makes the information believable. Also, the author is fair and respectful by not attacking people who read printed books to show the pros of e-reader.
The Assyrian empire and the Persian empire were two of the earliest major empires in the world. The Assyrians came in to power first, ruling from 900 BC to about 600 BC and with the help of Cyrus the Great, the Persians rose to power around 550BC. The Assyrian and Persian militaries shared many similarities, but they also differed in some aspects. Some of their similarities include their battle tactics, the organization of their armies, and their success in conquering societies. One of the major differences that stood out the most was that the Assyrians used a more brutal approach when conquering and the Persians used a more enlighten approach and were more tolerant.
Technology sometimes has a negative effect on people because some believe that it interferes with school or better yet, reading. Reading is a big characteristic in the world that can bring people together and open the imagination. All schools require students to read and write papers on the books they have read. Will that no longer be a requirement now that technology and websites continues to grow? If novels go away, would the world still be okay?
When you are reading text from a book there are advantages and disadvantages. Some advantages from reading text is you can make a connection to the characters and you can feel and understand the way the main characters are feeling. A disadvantages from reading text is you won 't get a full image as you would if you were watching a video. A advantage from watching a film is understanding more the struggle in things you wouldn 't understand if u were reading as much. Some disadvantages from watching films are trying to find the text in a
(Name: Farah Nadira binti Aznoor Hisham) OUTLINE TITLE: eBook vs. Textbook ORGANISATIONAL PATTERN: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence VISUAL AID: Power point slides GENERAL PURPOSE: to persuade my audience SPECIFIC PURPOSE: to persuade my audience that eBook bring more benefits to people than textbook CENTRAL IDEA: Making textbook caused many trees are being cut down which affect our ecosystem so we have to switch from using textbook to eBook in order to save our trees.
