Carr knows how powerful the internet can be, but he is afraid that the internet is affecting our reading and thinking capabilities. Carr and many others have noticed the drastic change in our abilities to read and process information. Many authors had different perspectives on Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, some disagreed and some supported his idea. He argues that we are unable to read for long periods of time consistently mainly because the internet has made us accustomed to shorter readings. Carr does not deny that the internet technology is taking over but he knows that it is taking a toll in our everyday lives. Carr knows that we are starting to read less and he believes that is it due to the internet. In Trent Batson’s article “Response to Nicholas Carr’s ‘Is Google Making Us Stupid’” he states, “Immersing myself in a book or
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The younger generations are more at risk to grow up with minimal reading skills because they have been exposed to the internet at a younger age. In Dana Gioia and Sunil Iyengar’s article “Reading and the Web: What We Know and Don’t Know” the statistics show that young adults and teenagers are not reading any books per year. “By one estimate, 58 percent of middle and high school students use other media while reading-though it must be said that TV-viewing still occupies 11 percent of their time (Gioia and Iyengar).”, this quote comes to show how this new way of reading is become a trend amongst us, younger people are starting to forget about books and are doing most of their reading through digital devices. Gioia and Iyengar believe that readers are twice as likely to be athletes, preform outdoor activities, and to volunteer for events. While doing research they came across an Internet expert working for a major company who said that people usually don’t read more than 20 words online in a consecutive
The younger generations are more at risk to grow up with minimal reading skills because they have been exposed to the internet at a younger age. In Dana Gioia and Sunil Iyengar’s article “Reading and the Web: What We Know and Don’t Know” the statistics show that young adults and teenagers are not reading any books per year. “By one estimate, 58 percent of middle and high school students use other media while reading-though it must be said that TV-viewing still occupies 11 percent of their time (Gioia and Iyengar).”, this quote comes to show how this new way of reading is become a trend amongst us, younger people are starting to forget about books and are doing most of their reading through digital devices. Gioia and Iyengar believe that readers are twice as likely to be athletes, preform outdoor activities, and to volunteer for events. While doing research they came across an Internet expert working for a major company who said that people usually don’t read more than 20 words online in a consecutive