However, when it came to reading now, he explained how he could barely get through any of the readings without losing concentration after the third page and finding something else to do (Graff 314). As I previously mentioned, Carr believed that technology did affect our way of communicating and getting information. The internet is able to provide information to us in such a short amount of time that our brains have been shaped to act the same way when we want to get information. Technology is a more “fun”, easier and a less complicated way to get information faster. I can get distracted from reading or writing an essay due to the fact that I know I can get information faster through a computer or any other device. We just cannot read books anymore because our brains demand a faster way to intake information or else we get distracted and that clearly shows how our slow attention span is developing throughout this age at technology. Not only modern devices like our laptops or our phones affect the way we communicate through reading, but they also affect our
However, when it came to reading now, he explained how he could barely get through any of the readings without losing concentration after the third page and finding something else to do (Graff 314). As I previously mentioned, Carr believed that technology did affect our way of communicating and getting information. The internet is able to provide information to us in such a short amount of time that our brains have been shaped to act the same way when we want to get information. Technology is a more “fun”, easier and a less complicated way to get information faster. I can get distracted from reading or writing an essay due to the fact that I know I can get information faster through a computer or any other device. We just cannot read books anymore because our brains demand a faster way to intake information or else we get distracted and that clearly shows how our slow attention span is developing throughout this age at technology. Not only modern devices like our laptops or our phones affect the way we communicate through reading, but they also affect our