Mind Over Mass Media was written by Steven Pinker. It is an article that addresses the effects of new mass media have on humans’ intelligence. Pinker states that if media causes harm to our society then it would have a negative effect on us, when actually these new technologies helps our society. Pinker supported his claims by providing facts such as “When comic books were accused of turning juveniles into delinquents in the 50s, crime was falling into record lows”. He also stated that if new technology causes great threats toward intelligence then the quality of science would be plummeting when in reality discoveries are multiplying like fruit flies. When critics cited “experience can change the brain” he responded “the brain is not a blob
