Nicholas Carr Googling

Critical Analysis of Nicholas Carr’s Article on “Googling” Nicholas Carr posted on The Atlantic one of the most controversial articles on the influence google is having on the way people read today. His article, which is entitled, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” refects on anumber of aspects the googling generation is expecting and Carr is very skeptical about it. In his view, Carr believes that googling is depriving humanity the aspect of in depth reading which is accompanied by a deep and broad thought process. He admits that though the internet has broadened the volume of literature available, the literature is very shallow. He points out that googling is driving people to behave in a machine like process and that these machines are replacing

Batson argues that it is the books, which are actually anomaly and not the internet. He argues that the internet is here to remove the notion created by books that ideas are owned by one person. He adds that reading books comes with all manner of inconveniences, which include the book being expensive, heavy and tedious in producing it. Responding to books was also tedious according to Batson and hence perceives the internet as a more convenient way to overcome the limitations of a book writing and reading. Batson argue the skim and bounce aspect introduced by google technology is a new technology that brings an aspect of orality in reading and assumes that Carr overlooked this aspect. He attributes this to the normal way of talking. According to him, google presents a means through which ideals can be exchanged rapidly. Robin Marantz, New York Times Magazine contributor, shares the same sediments of Nicholas Carr. He adds that many devices today can access the internet and this will re-multiply the distractions in reading and deflate the concentrations. In addition to this, he brings the idea that even the hardware contribute to distractions. He is of the opinion long hand writing enhanced