Tiara Irvin Dr. Fletcher 09 June 2014 Rhetorical Response: “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” In Stephen Marche’s article “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” (2013) Marche suggests that over time‚ loneliness is becoming more prominent in today’s society. Marche develops his claim by using many published research and scholarly articles. In order to make readers aware of this growing epidemic‚ Marche’s purpose is to show that by using Facebook people are becoming more isolated. The target audience for
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information that is needed to be available at the click of a button. Some people think Google is the best thing since sliced bread‚ but Nicholas Carr has another opinion. Personally‚ Carr thinks it could be dangerous to our minds having so much technology at our fingertips. If we go back to the early days‚ when the Internet was not available‚ people had to research deeper than they do now. They spent hours and hours in a library‚ searching through books and newspapers. As time progressed‚ society
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Is Google Making Us Stupid? The article written by Nicholas Carr criticizes the Internet’s (not just Google’s) effects on our cognition. It points out the problem of lower concentration and contemplation and the problem of decreased focus on long pieces of writing or reading. It also states that according to the research users are not reading in traditional sense online. Even though I am highly aware of negative effects of Internet‚ there are still many advantages that Internet and Google brought
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Christina Robinson ENG 101 College Compositions 1 Professor Roberto C. Garcia Is Google Making Us Stupid? Feb. 18‚ 2014 Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr narrated his essay based on a thesis‚ by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001movie: A Space Odyssey. A character named Bowman‚ whom has been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine‚ is calmly‚ coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial “brain.” The
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answering questions‚ translating‚ playing … etc. What people don’t realize when using the internet is that they become addicted to easy ways to get information. The brain is affected with jumping from one page to another. In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Carr declared that the internet change the way people think (Carr 500). He also wrote that the internet reduces a person ’s ability of concentration and deep thinking (501). Spending little time to gain information reduces the ability of
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What if “Lazy American” had more meaning than what we thought? What if instead of it just being an insult it was the truth? Over recent years researchers have conducted tests on young Americans to compare to that of other countries. Unfortunately‚ for the common American‚ these test results were not so favorable. These tests proved just how “lazy” America is in regards to sleep habits‚ study habits‚ technology use and other stipulations that correlate to their grades. The results proved American
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(Is Google making us stupid?) The internet is where we get our most valuable information‚ we can get that information very easily and fast. Technology is referring to social media and search engines. Though others might say that technology risks our healt h and distracts us‚ technology is beneficial to both the mind and the body. The reason technology is beneficial is because‚ it gives people support‚ technology transforms people’s lives‚ and it develops your brain. To begin‚ technology and social
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by a vast majority of technology‚ and many people may see this as the perfect opportunity to be closer to one another. No matter where we go‚ we are bombarded with images of the perfect faces of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds smiling brightly at one another‚ laughing‚ and pointing at their shiny new cell phones. On the surface‚ society manifests itself in the comfort of constant closeness to peers and loved ones by means of technology. However‚ the same technology we find to be so beneficial
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crossword‚ puzzles‚ band-aids‚ fuzzy socks‚ etc. Host a Tea Party Annual Tea Party for all little girls! Dress Up‚ Have Tea Party‚ Finger Foods‚ and Can Watch Breakfast at Tiffany’s or Disney Movies! Super “Sundae” Host a Sundae making party! Every topping you can think of!(Especially Weird ones) Could be a contest who can make the weirdest sundae and eat it! “It’s Poppin” Raffle with numbers in balloons‚ show winning numbers on board‚ everyone pops their balloon
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The Effects of Technology on Decision Making Denise DelPapa Christin Kondash Diane Simpson Amie Touray HCS/482 January 16‚ 2012 Dinah Bampoe The Effects of Technology on Decision Making Advances in health care technology are forever changing the way health care providers and health care consumers make decisions. Whether it is making a decision on a patient’s diagnosis or plan of care or the patient assuming responsibility of their own health and well-being via
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