Annotated Bibliography

Carr’s claim: The internet is worsening out concentration and focus in the real world. 

My claim : The internet does cause distractions from many things, however it isn't always a bad thing. It can be an educational distraction and it can teach a person to multitask. Some people may use it irresponsibly, just for games and plagiarism, while others use it to learn and connect with others. It depends on the user whether or not the internet is beneficial or not. The internet isn't just going away, we need to use it and learn how to use it to its maximum potential.

I will use Thompson to complicate Carr’s claim that we may be reading on the internet, but it isn't quality. Thompson says that it’s the writing and publicness, not just the reading.

I will use Rheingold to complicate Carr’s claim that the internet causes distractions, because he agrees that it causes distractions, but he believes that these distractions are helpful to our real world multitasking problems. 

Outline

• Intro

• Carr’s argument

• Thompson complicates

• (Rheingold complicates)

• I complicate (with another source Hayle or Rheingold)

• So what?/conclusion

() one or the other

Carr, Nicholas. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”  The Atlantic. July/August 2008. Web.

Thompson, Clive. “Public Thinking_.” Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better. N.p: Penguin, 2014. 45-69. Print.

Rheingold, Howard. “Attention, and Other 21st-Century Social Media Literacies”. Educase Review Online. October 7, 2010. Web.