Steven Pinker Mind Over Mass Media Summary
Daijie Qi
Nov 16
1. Steven, P. (2010). Mind over mass media. (2nd ed., pp. 199-200). New York: The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/opinion/11Pinker.html The article “Mass over Mass Media”, written by Steven Pinker for the New York Times in 2010, shows that the new technology are “the only things that will keep us smart” instead of making us stupid (p 200). Even though many media critics argue that Power Point, Google, Twitter and other technologies are turning our brains to mush, Steven Pinker firstly puts forwards the arguments of the opponents and then proposed his own arguments and refutations by using logic, popular culture, and historical and academic examples. In the end, Steven Pinker came to a conclusion that the Internet and technologies are “helping us manage, search, and retrieve our collective intellectual output at different scales” (p 200). This article teaches me how to form a strong argument style by separately pointing out the opponent opinions firstly and then giving his own arguments to make the organization of an article very clearly. Additionally, in my paper, I will make a response to one of his statement, “the solution is not to bemoan technology is to develop strategies of self-control, as we do with every other temptation in life”(p 199).
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In other words, Nicholas Carr believes that people can be easily distracted and interrupted by the Internet. In his article, Nicholas proves this opinion by including information, popular examples, famous experiments and famed authors’ statements. This article will help me to provide a point of view for the disadvantages of the Internet. Additionally, it provides quotes from examples and officials that could be used in my essay to proof that we can easily be attracted and distracted by the
Nov 16
1. Steven, P. (2010). Mind over mass media. (2nd ed., pp. 199-200). New York: The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/opinion/11Pinker.html The article “Mass over Mass Media”, written by Steven Pinker for the New York Times in 2010, shows that the new technology are “the only things that will keep us smart” instead of making us stupid (p 200). Even though many media critics argue that Power Point, Google, Twitter and other technologies are turning our brains to mush, Steven Pinker firstly puts forwards the arguments of the opponents and then proposed his own arguments and refutations by using logic, popular culture, and historical and academic examples. In the end, Steven Pinker came to a conclusion that the Internet and technologies are “helping us manage, search, and retrieve our collective intellectual output at different scales” (p 200). This article teaches me how to form a strong argument style by separately pointing out the opponent opinions firstly and then giving his own arguments to make the organization of an article very clearly. Additionally, in my paper, I will make a response to one of his statement, “the solution is not to bemoan technology is to develop strategies of self-control, as we do with every other temptation in life”(p 199).
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In other words, Nicholas Carr believes that people can be easily distracted and interrupted by the Internet. In his article, Nicholas proves this opinion by including information, popular examples, famous experiments and famed authors’ statements. This article will help me to provide a point of view for the disadvantages of the Internet. Additionally, it provides quotes from examples and officials that could be used in my essay to proof that we can easily be attracted and distracted by the