Final Exam

1.  Write down a topic that comes to mind when you read this article.

1. What is one research question would you ask about this topic?
2. What keywords would you use to search for this question in the databases? (This is worth 5 points)

A topic is whether the internet is helping or hurting us. Internet in the classroom.

Internet and attention span or distractions

2. Use a deep web resource to find articles on your topic. Write down the search statement that you used.

a.   In detail, describe the steps you took in your research process. Did your search strategy change during the process?

b.   Select one item and provide a MLA citation. (This is worth 5 points)

 I went to academic Search premier and got 7,776 response to my query. I did not have to search hard because there is so many readily available articles since it is such a hot button topic right now.

   Works Cited

    Cowen, Tyler. "Three Tweets For The Web." Wilson Quarterly 33.4 (2009): 54-58. Academic Search Premier. Web. 17 June 2013.

3. After reading the article, evaluate using ASPECT and indicate the level of trustworthiness.

a.   Provide your examples and which elements you use to evaluate.

b.   Explain how each ASPECT criteria applies or doesn’t apply to this article and how you would use that information to rate the credibility. Remember to use both open and deep web resources in your analysis. (This is worth 10 points.)

So the author is Tyler Cowen he is a Professor of economics, George Mason University. I searched through the academic search premier portal. The article was published by an established academic magazine.

4. Write a review of one of the articles.

a.   This is a short essay (3-4 paragraphs) that demonstrates you’ve read the article and includes your opinion of which arguments are most compelling to you.(This is worth 10 points.)

     

             So author Cowen disputes the fact that distraction as and attention span is being lessened by the internet. He states” It may seem as if we have entered a nightmarish attention-deficit culture, but the situation is not nearly as gloomy as you have been told. Our culture of the short bit is making human minds more rather than less powerful.” He goes on to state that “Indeed, far from shortening our attention spans, the Web lengthens them by allowing us to follow the same story over many years' time. If I want to know what's new with the NBA free-agent market, the debate surrounding global warming, or the publication plans of Thomas Pynchon, Google quickly gets me to the most current information. Formerly I needed personal contacts-people who were directly involved in the action--to follow a story for years, but now I can do it quite easily.”

          I have gathered from what I read that he is a proponet for the internet and he allows that we can actually multitask at the level the internet, the tv and ours phones offer at the same time. He believes that we are adapting as a culture and that it is broadening our horizons as a race.

          Tyler states” Many critics of contemporary life want our culture to remain like a long-distance relationship at a time when most of us are growing into something more mature. We assemble culture for ourselves, creating and committing ourselves to a fascinating brocade. Very often the paper-and-ink book is less central to this new endeavor; it's just another cultural bit we consume along with many others. But we are better off for this change, a change that is filling our daily lives with beauty, suspense, and learning.” Tyler has faith in our ability to adapt to the next level of life. He does not like many of the doom-sayers believe that we are losing our attention span but rather expanding it.