Citation: Car, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stoopid."Dialogues: An Argument Rhetoric and Reader. Ed.Gary Goshgarian and Kathleen Krueger. Boston: Longman, 2011. 558-566. Print.
Summary: In this piece Car talks about the dangers of the internet. He speaks about how the internet has changed and influenced the way we educate ourselves and how we read. The power of the world wide web is in a constant increase with the way it manipulates us with it's advertisement and corrupted media. Google has only contributed to this. Making internet users become lazy and skim from click to click.
Quote: The idea that our minds should operate as high-speed data processing machines is not only build into the workings of the internet, it's the network's reigning business model as well (564).
Response: The internet has created a whole virtual world where everything is accessible at your finger tips. With everything just a click away, it is easy to just skim from page to page. Many students who have to take on a reading assignment in a class will automatically go onto the web and search for the easy way out. Having such websites as spark notes has allowed young students to become lazy in their studies. Students begin to spell words in correctly knowing google will correct them. Google has allowed us to access and search for anything you need with just a click of a button.
Web browsing has also exposed internet users to many advertisements making it easier and faster to buy products. Also, many advertisers making money with every time you click on their add. Along with the exposition to advertisements many young internet users are exposed to violence and sex. Many kids are glued to their computer wanting to play video games and parents have to pull them away for dinner.
The internet is definitely consuming many peoples lives. I wonder what would happen if for just one day the world didn't have internet. Maybe families would actually have family time or kids would go outside and play. Although the internet has many positives, the world depends on it far too much.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Television: The Plug-In Drug
Citation: Winn, Marie. "Television: The Plug-In Drug." Dialogues: An Arguement Rhetoric and Reader. Ed. Gary Goshgarian and Kathleen Krueger. Longman: Boston, 2011. Print.
Summary: In Marie Winn's piece "Television: The Plug-In Drug", Winn talks about television and its effect in the family life. She expresses how television has change the family atmosphere and child behaviors. The television dominates the household and continues to be a necessity in ever day life.
Quote: "The childrens evening is regimented with an almost military precision. They watch their favorite programs, and when there is 'nothing much on I really like', they watch whatever else is on- because watching is the important thing."
Response: Many children come home from school and glue themselves to the television. Flipping through the channels and watch whatever is on. The hours spent in front of the television in many house holds has increase tremendously over the years.
Many families have multiple television sets within the household allowing the father to be upstairs watching sports, the kids in the living room watching cartoons, and the mother in the kitchen watching the food network. The idea that a screen has completely taken over our life is crazy. Many families do not even have family games nights or go outside.
With television, viewers are exposed to tons of commercials brainwashing them to buy a product. "Because we're worth it" is L'Oréals way of saying you need this product to make you more beautiful. The news takes part in this luring tactic. "Is your baby at risk?! News at 11!" The television has a way of sucking us in to a point where we cannot spend one day without turning on our favorite program and sitting on the couch.
Although the T.V. has many negatives, it also has some positives. For example, when the show LOST was still on television, my family used to always sit down together and watch our favorite show on Wednesday nights. Since my whole family liked that show, we all in a way bonded over it and many other shows we have common interest in. With LOST, we always got so excited by the story line and we would have discussions and debates on what will happen next or what the hell an episode meant. After a long day of work, sitting by the television is a way for my parents to relax and forget about all the hectic things going on around them.
Television has definitely become a big part of everyone's life. One cannot walk into a house hold and not see a television in the living room. It has consumed the lives of children and adults and living with out it would seem impossible.
Summary: In Marie Winn's piece "Television: The Plug-In Drug", Winn talks about television and its effect in the family life. She expresses how television has change the family atmosphere and child behaviors. The television dominates the household and continues to be a necessity in ever day life.
Quote: "The childrens evening is regimented with an almost military precision. They watch their favorite programs, and when there is 'nothing much on I really like', they watch whatever else is on- because watching is the important thing."
Response: Many children come home from school and glue themselves to the television. Flipping through the channels and watch whatever is on. The hours spent in front of the television in many house holds has increase tremendously over the years.
Many families have multiple television sets within the household allowing the father to be upstairs watching sports, the kids in the living room watching cartoons, and the mother in the kitchen watching the food network. The idea that a screen has completely taken over our life is crazy. Many families do not even have family games nights or go outside.
With television, viewers are exposed to tons of commercials brainwashing them to buy a product. "Because we're worth it" is L'Oréals way of saying you need this product to make you more beautiful. The news takes part in this luring tactic. "Is your baby at risk?! News at 11!" The television has a way of sucking us in to a point where we cannot spend one day without turning on our favorite program and sitting on the couch.
Although the T.V. has many negatives, it also has some positives. For example, when the show LOST was still on television, my family used to always sit down together and watch our favorite show on Wednesday nights. Since my whole family liked that show, we all in a way bonded over it and many other shows we have common interest in. With LOST, we always got so excited by the story line and we would have discussions and debates on what will happen next or what the hell an episode meant. After a long day of work, sitting by the television is a way for my parents to relax and forget about all the hectic things going on around them.
Television has definitely become a big part of everyone's life. One cannot walk into a house hold and not see a television in the living room. It has consumed the lives of children and adults and living with out it would seem impossible.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Facebook, The Mean Girls and Me
Citation: Brodesser-Akner, Taffy. "Facebook, The Mean Girl and Me." Dialogues: An Argument Rhetoric and Reader. Boston: Longman, 2011. Print.
Summary: In this essay, Taffy Brodeser-Akner tells her own story about how in middle the girls she thought were her friends, turned on her and were horrible to her. Now in her 30's she is finding herself "facebook stalking" these same girls.
Quote: "I cobble together the story of how life has been since we knew each other, deliberately, forcefully forgetting how it was we parted."
Response: This story definitely hit home for me. Taffy's story was so sad to hear but parts of it were very relatable. Although with me it wasn't as drastic and horrible as Taffy's was, but I definitely can relate to her story.
I found myself throughout elementary school through high school in an insperatable clique of friends. This clique was the more I guess "popular" crowd. Once sophomore year of high school came, I began to find myself drifting away from this group. The girls that I once knew everything about and were best friends with, I was on a "hey how have you been" basis.
As Taffy explains about looking through her old friends profile, I found myself from time to time doing the same. I mean, everyone Facebook stalks, it's a known fact. But why was I so curious to see what they were up to? Facebook can honestly be crude and horrid sometimes. I know I can just unfriend these people but I feel as if Facebook has made it so hard to do that. Its so easy to just check in and see how they're doing.
Most of the time the smallest things on Facebook, whether it be a new Facebook album of an event you didn't go to or people commenting on something you weren't invited to, can really upset people. But why? Why are we so obsessed with knowing what is going on in other peoples lives. Why do we feel the need to constantly update people on our every move? Facebook has definitely changed our way of communicating and friendships. Although there are many positives to Facebook, it definitely has it's fair share of negatives as well.
Summary: In this essay, Taffy Brodeser-Akner tells her own story about how in middle the girls she thought were her friends, turned on her and were horrible to her. Now in her 30's she is finding herself "facebook stalking" these same girls.
Quote: "I cobble together the story of how life has been since we knew each other, deliberately, forcefully forgetting how it was we parted."
Response: This story definitely hit home for me. Taffy's story was so sad to hear but parts of it were very relatable. Although with me it wasn't as drastic and horrible as Taffy's was, but I definitely can relate to her story.
I found myself throughout elementary school through high school in an insperatable clique of friends. This clique was the more I guess "popular" crowd. Once sophomore year of high school came, I began to find myself drifting away from this group. The girls that I once knew everything about and were best friends with, I was on a "hey how have you been" basis.
As Taffy explains about looking through her old friends profile, I found myself from time to time doing the same. I mean, everyone Facebook stalks, it's a known fact. But why was I so curious to see what they were up to? Facebook can honestly be crude and horrid sometimes. I know I can just unfriend these people but I feel as if Facebook has made it so hard to do that. Its so easy to just check in and see how they're doing.
Most of the time the smallest things on Facebook, whether it be a new Facebook album of an event you didn't go to or people commenting on something you weren't invited to, can really upset people. But why? Why are we so obsessed with knowing what is going on in other peoples lives. Why do we feel the need to constantly update people on our every move? Facebook has definitely changed our way of communicating and friendships. Although there are many positives to Facebook, it definitely has it's fair share of negatives as well.
My Facebook, My self
Citation: Helfand, Jessica. "My Facebook, My Self." Moodle. 11 Mar. 2009. Web./
Summary: In this piece Jessica Helfand address the dangers of Facebook and how by posting pictures and other information on facebook, we are willingly allowing everyone to step into our private lives, creating an image of yourself for the world to see. She compares Facebook to scrap booking; the two very similar yet scrap booking is more of the self whereas Facebook is more for the world to view. She expresses how Facebook is corrupting teenagers and even if you dont have a Facebook, if you go to a party it will definitely be seen by everyone the next day.
Quote: "Even if you are super careful-ell, even if you don't have a Facebook account yourself -say you find yourself at some random party where there's someone brandishing a mobile phone. and that someone (or, for that matter, someone else) snaps your picture. soon thereafter, somebody with a Facebook account "tags" you and there you are-wammo-your questionable behavior rendered spectacularly public."
Response: When reading this article, this quote jumped out at me. Our generation is so tech-savey, that no matter what happens, in the next day or even second you will see it on your news feed on Facebook or on your timeline on twitter. Our generation is becoming more and more dependent on theses different social networking sites. With these social networks becoming so popular, many young children are even becoming involved. Just last week, by best friends brother went online and made himself a facebook, hes in 5th grade. Also, adults are getting involve as well. It has come to the point where both my parents have a facebook.
In Jessica's article she clearly addresses the dangers of openly putting your life on Facebook for the world to see. She expresses that it is corrupting many teenagers and many are eager to create this "Facebook identity". Although I myself have a facebook, I find it funny how many people are contantly thinking of a new or clever status update or hoping to take pictures at some event with someone so they can get tagged in a picture and have it show up on their profile. This need to have your Facebook page in a constant update is becoming many Facebook users top priority.
Along with the negatives, facebook also has many positive aspects as well. I find it honestly amazing that I can connect and stay in touch with so many people around the world. Without Facebook, I feel that staying friends with a lot of the people I know out of the country would be so difficult. Also, another positive is that whenever there is a important issue happening around the world, Facebook is the first place people go to comment on them. For example, with the Japan earthquake, many of my friends on facebook were updating their status' constantly. Many people were sharing articles with each other hoping to stay up to date on the latest news.
I find facebook as something one needs to learn how to use correctly. Facebook is certainly a website that can really become addicting. Feeling the constant need to check up on what your friends are up to and make sure you update everyone on your life as well. But when one finds their selves on Facebook clicking refresh repeatedly, there is a definite problem. Although Facebook can be both good and bad, Facebook users need to learn how to not abuse their Facebook experience.
Summary: In this piece Jessica Helfand address the dangers of Facebook and how by posting pictures and other information on facebook, we are willingly allowing everyone to step into our private lives, creating an image of yourself for the world to see. She compares Facebook to scrap booking; the two very similar yet scrap booking is more of the self whereas Facebook is more for the world to view. She expresses how Facebook is corrupting teenagers and even if you dont have a Facebook, if you go to a party it will definitely be seen by everyone the next day.
Quote: "Even if you are super careful-ell, even if you don't have a Facebook account yourself -say you find yourself at some random party where there's someone brandishing a mobile phone. and that someone (or, for that matter, someone else) snaps your picture. soon thereafter, somebody with a Facebook account "tags" you and there you are-wammo-your questionable behavior rendered spectacularly public."
Response: When reading this article, this quote jumped out at me. Our generation is so tech-savey, that no matter what happens, in the next day or even second you will see it on your news feed on Facebook or on your timeline on twitter. Our generation is becoming more and more dependent on theses different social networking sites. With these social networks becoming so popular, many young children are even becoming involved. Just last week, by best friends brother went online and made himself a facebook, hes in 5th grade. Also, adults are getting involve as well. It has come to the point where both my parents have a facebook.
In Jessica's article she clearly addresses the dangers of openly putting your life on Facebook for the world to see. She expresses that it is corrupting many teenagers and many are eager to create this "Facebook identity". Although I myself have a facebook, I find it funny how many people are contantly thinking of a new or clever status update or hoping to take pictures at some event with someone so they can get tagged in a picture and have it show up on their profile. This need to have your Facebook page in a constant update is becoming many Facebook users top priority.
Along with the negatives, facebook also has many positive aspects as well. I find it honestly amazing that I can connect and stay in touch with so many people around the world. Without Facebook, I feel that staying friends with a lot of the people I know out of the country would be so difficult. Also, another positive is that whenever there is a important issue happening around the world, Facebook is the first place people go to comment on them. For example, with the Japan earthquake, many of my friends on facebook were updating their status' constantly. Many people were sharing articles with each other hoping to stay up to date on the latest news.
I find facebook as something one needs to learn how to use correctly. Facebook is certainly a website that can really become addicting. Feeling the constant need to check up on what your friends are up to and make sure you update everyone on your life as well. But when one finds their selves on Facebook clicking refresh repeatedly, there is a definite problem. Although Facebook can be both good and bad, Facebook users need to learn how to not abuse their Facebook experience.
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