Carr's Access To Technology: Article Analysis

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Have you ever wondered, how the world would be if we didn't have access to technology?. I pads, Tablets google and E-readers are becoming more popular, but various research conducted suggests that the constant use of these technologies affects our ability to read. The continuous use of technology has a negative impact on our brains, memory, thoughts, how we read, learn and process information, concentrate and how the brain interprets written languages. In Jabr article, he talks about the use of technologies such as Ipads, Ebooks, tablets and kindle may drain more of our mental resources while reading, It makes it harder to remember what we have read. One of my sources, In a study by Anne Mangen, some students were asked to read a comprehension on paper and the other half were asked to read the same comprehension on the computer. In addition, students who read the comprehension on paper performed better in memorization than students who read the comprehension on the computer. This display that you're more likely to scan or skim through information when using technology to read, rather than fully immerse yourself in important details and also reading to understand. When using technology to read, you rely on remembering than knowing. When using technology while reading, you spend a lot of …show more content…

Both Jabr and Carr uses ethos in their articles this helps in making their claim/ argument convincing. Both articles are important to each other because they focus on how technology affects on daily activities. The reason there haven't been a solution is due to the vast production of different reading technologies and the generational

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