Rhetoric Analysis: Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Indents? The article by Nicholas Carr Is Google Making Us Stupid, formatting? Carr’s main argument is as the Internet has become an integral part of our society is changing the way we process information an simple way of processing information. My interpretation of Carr’s main argument is that the Internet has made it harder to process complex information and now rendering the way information is processed in a simply manner. The reason he accomplished expressing his argument in a effective manor manner (a “manor” is a large home) was his use appeal to Karos, Ethos & Logos; also, with the aid of rhetorical devices. Clarify this a little.
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Although having his colleagues say they have been affected by the use of the Internet in the same manner as Carr, that does not give us evidence that the Internet is affecting the way we think. The evidence Carr provides ranges from quotes to case studies and a variety of sources, but primarily to solidify his claim. Maryanne Wolf in Carr’s article states is a developmental psychologist at Tufts University. Before introducing the evidences, he made sure the audience knew the credibility of the Wolf before stating a statement by Wolf. Wolf states that “the style of reading promoted by the Net, a style that puts “efficiency” and “immediacy” above all else, may be weakening our capacity for the kind of deep reading that emerged when an earlier technology.” In this statement she says that she sees the correlation between the Internet and the technology inhibiting a deep thought when reading. Carr was methodical when choosing his sources Wolf is a good choice as a psychologist is the studies the mind and behavior of others; also, it’s like Carr analyzing his behavior as well as his audience through Wolf. Another source that worked well for Carr was the story of Friedrich Nietzsches a German writer philosopher that with the invention of the typewriter he was able to write stories as his vision was failing him and made it hard to write stories. Nietzsches was able to write to write again even one of his friends noticed a difference in his writing style. Nietzches friend said to him “Perhaps you will through this instrument even take to a new idiom”. What his friend is saying in the quote is that the typewriter is the instrument and that he thinks he can change his style just because of the use the technology of the time. The effectiveness of Nietzsches story is that Carr acknowledge that this has happened in the past and the change with technology is nothing new in current and
Indents? The article by Nicholas Carr Is Google Making Us Stupid, formatting? Carr’s main argument is as the Internet has become an integral part of our society is changing the way we process information an simple way of processing information. My interpretation of Carr’s main argument is that the Internet has made it harder to process complex information and now rendering the way information is processed in a simply manner. The reason he accomplished expressing his argument in a effective manor manner (a “manor” is a large home) was his use appeal to Karos, Ethos & Logos; also, with the aid of rhetorical devices. Clarify this a little.
Carr utilized the appeal to Karos which in Latin means right …show more content…
Although having his colleagues say they have been affected by the use of the Internet in the same manner as Carr, that does not give us evidence that the Internet is affecting the way we think. The evidence Carr provides ranges from quotes to case studies and a variety of sources, but primarily to solidify his claim. Maryanne Wolf in Carr’s article states is a developmental psychologist at Tufts University. Before introducing the evidences, he made sure the audience knew the credibility of the Wolf before stating a statement by Wolf. Wolf states that “the style of reading promoted by the Net, a style that puts “efficiency” and “immediacy” above all else, may be weakening our capacity for the kind of deep reading that emerged when an earlier technology.” In this statement she says that she sees the correlation between the Internet and the technology inhibiting a deep thought when reading. Carr was methodical when choosing his sources Wolf is a good choice as a psychologist is the studies the mind and behavior of others; also, it’s like Carr analyzing his behavior as well as his audience through Wolf. Another source that worked well for Carr was the story of Friedrich Nietzsches a German writer philosopher that with the invention of the typewriter he was able to write stories as his vision was failing him and made it hard to write stories. Nietzsches was able to write to write again even one of his friends noticed a difference in his writing style. Nietzches friend said to him “Perhaps you will through this instrument even take to a new idiom”. What his friend is saying in the quote is that the typewriter is the instrument and that he thinks he can change his style just because of the use the technology of the time. The effectiveness of Nietzsches story is that Carr acknowledge that this has happened in the past and the change with technology is nothing new in current and