Google + Internet article

The Google article by Nicholas Carr addresses an important aspect of everyday life, the internet. Carr states that we live in a society that is constantly changing, especially when it comes to technology. He goes as far as to say that these advances in this field change our way of thought. Carr believes that technology is impeding our thoughts in a sense. He would have you believe that were becoming lazier because of the increasing dependency on technology. Because of Google, Carr states, people don't appreciate works The fact is that technology is only improving our train of thought. It is not making peoples thought patterns regress.

Google is one of the world's biggest search engines. It is true that it makes life convenient in that it searches for works that contain the words, or anything related to them, that people type into the engine. This list allows people to browse freely a large archive of data. Carr is incorrect in saying that because life is made so simple that people take it for granted and do not appreciate the works they're reading. However there are those who take the time to actually analyze the works they've found online. They don't just skim as Carr accuses all online researchers. In addition, who is to say that in texts people do not skim to find the basic idea of a work. There are even cliff notes written for some works that people use to achieve that. There is no difference between written hands-on text and works on the internet besides convenience.

When it comes down to it, the internet is not taking away from research. It only gives us a faster and easier alternative. If people are going to skim and not appreciate works it is based on the reader. The internet itself should not be used as a scapegoat for the reason why people are not using a library or appreciating books.

Chris Hedges states in his article "The Internet Is No Substitute for the Dying Newspaper Industry" that the internet is being widely used in the world today and that newspapers are experiencing a major decline. Hedges goes on to say that the internet will not save newspapers. Although it is highly used, he believes that it won't bring in enough revenue to keep these major newspapers going.

Hedges is correct in predicting the fall of newspapers. The internet world is expanding tremendously and there are so many alternatives such as blogs and free news archives which are free for the public. In addition, the amount of information, as Hedges states, on the newspaper websites is only a small proportion of the information from an actual newspaper. The public is not going to glance at a second rate source of information. The average website browser spends 7 minutes on a site as opposed to a newspaper reader spending 45 minutes. hedges makes one last good point bringing up money. The fact is that stocks are falling and companies are losing millions because the amount of readers are dropping. Placing them online isn't going to change the information and make it more appealing. It also is certainly not going to attract more readers.

The media is afraid of what the future holds as the public expresses a lack of interest in newspapers. No one seems to appreciate journalism nowadays or rather use free alternatives online. The day is coming when one day newspapers will become completely extinct and out main sources of information will be blogs or other sites, even Wikipedia.