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“What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” –
Youtube video
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“Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet
Is Doing to Our Brains” – The Atlantic
– July/August 2008 issue
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The
Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains – Nicholas Carr
WRITING
PROMPT: Revision:
Using the language of Nicholas Carr in The Shallows and your They Say / I Say writing strategies, create a topic-driven, well-developed in which you explain to your reader the significant difference between watching a four minute Youtube clip, reading a ten page magazine article, and reading a book that requires the “patience for long, drawn-out, nuanced arguments” (8).
Using the language of Nicholas Carr in The Shallows and your They Say / I Say writing strategies, create a topic-driven, well-developed in which you explain to your reader the significant difference between watching a four minute Youtube clip, reading a ten page magazine article, and reading a book that requires the “patience for long, drawn-out, nuanced arguments” (8).
just for fun: FREE YOUR
MIND: link:
https://youtu.be/yFaflPipmTM
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Many people struggle to find the perfect medium between all of the different types of media. The reason for this is because each kinda has their ow affect on us. They all sustain their own personal characteristics. For example, a four minute Youtube clio nay be able to allow us to remember mental images or particular ideas very comfortably. An essay may let us see things in the light of someone else's eyes. And a 200 page novel (on the same exact topic) , however, shows the potential for us to take in a lot more information altogether. Although many have chimed in to state their own opinion on which one of these is the best option, it is unfair to say which is best when they all do completely different things.
ReplyDeleteWatching a four minute Youtube clip, reading a ten page magazine article, and reading a book all affect one thing in us humans, and that is the amount of deep thinking that happens when looking at these versions of a text. According to Carr, he "once was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now he zips along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski." Watching a Youtube video is similar to zipping along the surface. The video is a quick summary and it does not allow a person to form their own ideas because the video explains everything. On the other hand, actually reading a book is compared to being a scuba diver. A book has lots of twists and turns that requires a person's full, uninterrupted attention. A person is able to form his or her own opinions throughout the text and attempt to answer any questions that might appear. After reading a book, creating your own summary rather than watching what others think allows him or her to deeply think, which is so far gone in this day and age.
ReplyDeleteThe difference between watching a Youtube clip, reading a magazine, and reading a book is the amount of patience it takes. Most people prefer to watch a short Youtube clip or flip through a ten page magazine because they want quick information that does not take a lot of labor. Nicolas Carr says in his book “The Shallows”, “They’ve (Google) also placed a whole new emphasis on immediacy” (158). “Immediacy” is what our generation craves and reading a book cannot give us that. Reading a book requires deep thinking and concentration.
ReplyDeleteIn watching a 4 minute clip you stay more focused than you would reading a magazine or a long book. You will be more attentive and interested knowing it is only 4 minutes long instead of knowing it will take you days, maybe weeks to read. There is also a bad side to it which is, that when you are listening to a condensed version of, say a novel, the speaker is giving you out their view of what they received from the book. You don't get the chance to have a viewpoint of your own of it because they have already placed on in your head.
ReplyDelete"Its too long and takes too much time to read all these books!" complained my little cousin Savannah. Many teens and even adults face the practicality that my cousin also faced, and that is, the convience of reading. However, the intellectual involvement that occurs when reading a book can't be compared to skimming across the surface while watching a crash corse on the same book. Just to corroborate my idea, I recently read a 10 page article that was written from the basics of my book that I already read. Although, that 10 page article seemed as it was only from the first chapter of the book. It was almost as you were reading the begging to a book that you will never finish, leaving you with a skimpy idea of what the book is about. So yes, you can cheat and read that 10 page article, but mainly you will just be cheating yourself. To further prove my point, I then watched a four-minute video that was supposed to act as a summary of the same book. In the video I only received a condensed version of what the video was showing me, I didn't get to decipher the meaning or intentions of the book for myself, it was just handed to me. With that being said, many people may respond to this saying "you must have too much time on your hands" or even that they don't have "enough time." However, what I can tell you is you will never be able to delve into "imagination and inner-life" (Dana Gonia) if you are using short condensed videos or articles as your source.
ReplyDeleteWhether you are watching a short clip, reading a magazine, or even a long book the amount of information you extract differs between the choices. A short clip will have the persons full attention, but it is not long enough to depict the writers voice and interpret their ideas. Reading long articles and books strengthen one's vocabulary as well as communication skills. Being able to read a strenuous book is beneficial because you can fully comprehend what the author is saying.
ReplyDeleteWhether you are watching a short clip, reading a magazine, or even a long book the amount of information you extract differs between the choices. A short clip will have the persons full attention, but it is not long enough to depict the writers voice and interpret their ideas. Reading long articles and books strengthen one's vocabulary as well as communication skills. Being able to read a strenuous book is beneficial because you can fully comprehend what the author is saying.
ReplyDeleteThe difference between watching a YouTube clip, reading a short article, or reading a book is the amount of attention required to retain information and remain focused. When watching a four minute youtube clip, your brain doesn’t have to be very engaged to get information out. One doesn’t have to search for information because the information is being presented in the easiest form possible. A ten page magazine article, on the other hand, would demand ones attention much more than the video. One may be able to skim and get the general message but must read to fully understand. To read an entire book and be able to “present drawn out, nuanced arguments” one must actually read and engage with the text. One must dive deep like a “scuba diver” instead of “skimming over the suface like a jet ski” according to Nicholas Carr.
ReplyDeleteThe major differences between a short Youtube clip, an article, and a book is the amount of attention you can focus on something. When you are watching the four minute clip, you are more apt to pay attention throughout. If you sat down and read a novel you aren’t going to be able to pay attention as well as the video clip. Carr blames this on the Internet because now all we have to read are short articles so when there is something long we tend to stray away from it. I agree with this because I tend to shy away from books and go towards the video clips. In my opinion it is more concise and to the point which is what I like and most people would agree.
ReplyDeleteNicholas Carr has produced three styles of his idea: video, magazine article, and book. The significant difference between each medium is the willingness of the reader to focus. Unfortunately there is a price to pay for the time it takes to consider one style over the other. A video may be short but it lacks so much detail, magazines give more information but still lack the chance for getting a full grip, and books can answer and develop many question yet they take the most time to get through. Unfortunately, society as it is more interested in the general idea of something and doesn’t have the “patience for long, drawn-out, nuanced arguments” (8).
ReplyDeleteWatching a YouTube clip is probably more appealing to people of this generation. It's quick and simple and it gets the point across. Much like reading a summary of the book or chapter in a magazine , it's just less time consuming and it is easier to understand. On the other hand I disagree with it , watching a YouTube clip and reading a magazine may be easier and less time consuming, but you are missing out on information you could gain from reading the whole book. Plus a YouTube clip and a magazine article and things that those people believe matter or what they got from it, not what you believe or understood. If you read the whole book you have a greater opportunity to learn new things and have your own outlook on what is being said in the book.
ReplyDeleteIn order to really learn about the extensive research done by Nicholas Carr, you have to actually read his novel "The Shallows". Of course, the four minute YouTube video is a nice little summary, but it doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the book. The ten page magazine article goes more in depth than the video, however, it still is no substitute for the book. When you don't actually read the novel, you miss out on all of the sections where Carr backs up his arguments by providing evidence from professionals. You also don't fully understand Carr's viewpoint, which becomes more and more developed with each chapter. When watching a summary of his novel, you only get out what the maker of the summary thought was the most important idea, you don't get to decide for yourself. Finally, it's harder to form your own opinion when you haven't been presented with all of the facts. Taking time to deep-read the novel gives you ample opportunities to decide what your viewpoint on the subject is. However, the growing popularity of people opting to instead just read summaries only further proves Carr's claim: "... The very idea of reading a book has come to see me old-fashioned, maybe even a little silly..." (8).
ReplyDeleteTechnology, which provides us an illusion of connection with the entire world, has in fact diminished our ability to expand our horizons and imagine or think, not like machines-limited by a “set of repeatable algorithms”, but as humans who can come up with their own DIY ideas instead of “Googleing” them. I understand the notion that “not all minds think alike” and some of us learn better with visual representation of events. However, the fact persists that skimming through an article or watching four-minute YouTube clips does not help us recall all the information accurately. Nicholas Carr, a researcher and the author of “The Shallows”, studies the brain’s process of making and storing memory. He explain that with Net, even though we feel much more informed, “We’re able to transform only a small portion of the information to long-term memory and what we do transfer is a jumble of drops from different faucets, not a continuous, coherent stream from one source” (125). Carr also builds up on the idea that the technology has hindered our thought and learning process by providing multiple distractions to, what used to be, uninterrupted thinking process. This in fact is my concern with idea of “interactive learning”. For example, I have noticed that while in a four minute Youtube clip, we spend the first ten to twenty seconds looking at the different options available on the “Up next” column in the right side of our clip. Then we go on to volume and quality controls to comfort our learning. Therefore, the reason for this overwhelming decline in our ability to focus and think is obvious: we do not have time for it; that certain amount of time, which Carr says, “is required for a primary, or short-term, memory to be transformed into a secondary, or long-term, one” (183).
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