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Friday, September 4, 2015
wk4 - SHALLOWS – summary - FIVE
In a topic-driven, well-organized, and
well-substantiated paragraph, SUMMARIZE Carr’s argument—his “they say”—in
chapter “Five: A
Medium of the Most General Nature.”
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In the fifth chapter of Nicholas Carr’s “The Shallows,” he explains how the internet is not only growing, but is a lot different than anything like it. Carr explains that “The Net differs from most of the mass media it replaces in an obvious and very important way: it’s bidirectional” (85). What it means by bidirectional is that it takes a lot of different information and puts it into an easily readable. Carr also explains how, “The predominant sound in the modern library is the tapping of keys, not the turning of pages” (97). The main idea of the “They Say” in this chapter is that research and studies has shifted its attention from books to computers, which can be a good or bad thing.
ReplyDelete"At the center stands the screen of the Internet - connected computer; the printed word has been pushed to the margins" (98). In Chapter five of The Shallows, Nicholas Carr explains how the web has become the "universal medium" (92). Libraries were a place where people would go to search for and read books. In today's world, "the predominant sound in the modern library is the tapping of keys, not the turning of pages" (97). The Internet has exploded all over the world and it has affected how we work and how we interact with others today.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter five of Nicholas Carr’s book “The Shallows” he discusses how the internet has become the ultimate medium and how much time we spend surfing the net. He discusses how the internet has taken over all of the earlier technologies and ways of communication. Carr states, “It’s becoming our typewriter and our printing press, our map and our clock, our calculator and our telephone, our post office and our library, our radio and our TV.” (83). The internet is starting to change many things around us and about us for the good and the bad.
ReplyDeleteNicholas Carr in chapter five of “The Shallows” directs our attention towards the fact that internet is not just becoming the most prominent intellectual technology. But, it is also taking over every form of technology men have ever encountered since the dawn of the technological era. Carr acknowledges this fact by quoting, “The predominant sound in the modern library is the tapping of keys, not the turning of pages” (97). According to Carr, internet has altered our brain chemistry in a way that we feel more comfortable to just surf the internet and ‘get’ the answer instead of ‘finding’ it on our own.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 5 of Nicholas Carr’s “The Shallows” he talks about how technology affects the news and the things we use to get information. Technology, like the internet, alters the use of other technologies. More people go online to use things now for entertainment and other content. The internet “disrupts” other forms of media and our concentration. He talks about the ability to use hyperlinks, which link you back to resources on the internet. “Hyperlinks are designed to grab our attention” (90). You used to hear the sounds of pages being turned in a library, now all there is to hear is “…the tapping of keys”. (97)
ReplyDeleteThe mass production of computers in 1954 changed the world we live in today. Every simple task such as writing, messaging, and seeing what is going on today is at the fingertips of a single device. The net connects people, businesses, place orders and so much more that people have become completely dependent on it being the source of all information. Carr states that “Although we don’t tend to think of libraries as media technologies, they are.”(97). A public library is the number one source for accessible computers. This is very ironic because you would think people would use libraries to read books to get information. Carr believes technology is starting to take over and it is already happening.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 5 of “The Shallows”, Carr is speaking on the topic of how the Internet has become a universal medium for us. He states that, “most Americans, no matter what their age, spend at least eight and a half hours a day looking at a television, computer monitor, or the screen of their mobile phone. Frequently, they use two or even three of the devices simultaneously.” (87). Carr is giving us the facts on how much life has changed due to such a technology shift. The more and more new technology devices come out the more consumed we are to them. Carr says, “But the old technologies lose their economic and cultural force. They become progress’s dead ends.” (89). He is saying how it is a good and bad thing with our technology shift. We are losing the ability to use Encyclopedias, dictionaries, books, etc., because we are so used to having information given to us so quickly with just the simple use of electronics. He finishes by speaking about a library and how much libraries have changed from being a quiet place where you can read, to a place where there is computers everywhere and people are there more so for the Internet instead of the actual books.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 5 of "The Shallows", Carr talks about how the Internet has shaped us in a lot of different ways. Carr states, "Rarely have we paused to ponder, much less question, the media revolution that has been playing out all around us, in our homes, our workplaces, our schools" (88). In this quote he explains to us how the internet is in every aspect of our daily lives. He explains how there are negative and positive things about the internet being such a big part of our lives. Carr talks about how we barley read books anymore because of the internet we are programmed to only read short paragraphs. Throughout the chapter he talks about different ways technology is taking over and how people are going away from books. The internet today effects every part of our lives and eventually it will get worse and worse.
ReplyDeleteNicholas Carr claims in chapter five of “The Shallows” that “the Net… is, true to form, subsuming most of our other intellectual technologies” (83). Carr acknowledges that the internet has become the medium of most people because it is a “thoroughfare for business and commerce” (85). He insists that with all the bells and whistles of the internet it is easy to understand why it has made us so easy to be distracted. The net has absorbed every other medium like books, movies, and music, so without even moving we have nearly every source of entertainment in one place. To Carr it seems odd that “today’s library is very different. Internet access is rapidly becoming its most popular service” (97).
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 5 Carr discusses the physical to digital transition of the written word. Even though printed products are still being produced, like newspapers, magazines, books, etc. the digital age is overwhelming these antiquated means of entertainment. For a while, even while the computer was out, many could not afford one. Now anybody can afford an inexpensive laptop. Carr states,” By changing the economics of production and distribution, the Net has cut into that profitabilityof many news, information, and entertainment businesses, particularly those that have traditionally sold physical products”. While the internet and digital production continues to expand the production and expansion of books and other physical media is dwindling. Carr describes, “the old technologies lose their economic and cultural force…”. The digital and physical media cannot live side by side. The digital age is upon us.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter five of Carrs book, “the shallows”. He shows how the modern day internet has changed the way we live our lives significantly. “Most Americans, no matter what their age, spend at least eight and a half hours a day looking at a television, computer monitor, or the screen of their mobile phone. Frequently, they use two or even three of the devices simultaneously.” (87) Car proves to his readers that the majority of America, them included, are “glued” to their devices. “Rarely have we paused to ponder, much less question, the media revolution that has been playing out all around us, in our homes, our workplaces, our schools.” (88) Here he is stating that America is seemingly unaware that their creativity and free time are being held prisoner by modern devices. It has become so easy for a person to research, check the news, and write papers, etc. that our attention spans have been significantly hindered.
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ReplyDeleteIn chapter 5 of "The Shallows", Carr focuses on the fact that the Internet is not just a new medium, it's the new medium that is slowly making other mediums obsolete. Ever since the Internet became popular, other mediums, such as books and magazines, have dramatically decreased in popularity. Each year the web is around, time spent on it by the average person increases. Carr suggests that this is because "we replace our special-purpose tools with an all-purpose tool."(88) Instead of using a phone for messaging, a book for reading, a TV for watching movies, and a radio to listen to music, we do it all on the Internet. This is the first technology to be able to replicate the work done by nearly every other technology before it. Not only does it make using all of those functions easier, it also makes the production much cheaper. "As the Net expands, other media contract." (92). That is why many companies, such as newspaper companies, are switching to all online access. Newspapers across America have completely done away with physical print editions and have started to print news solely on their websites. Since the making of the Internet, the time spent reading (as in physical books, magazines, etc.) by the average adult has decreased dramatically. The idea of being able to quickly switch between music, news, social media, and other online attractions is much more appealing to most people. Carr makes a point that most of us have ignored, the Internet is rapidly changing everything about our lives.
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