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Technology And Technology Essay

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Assignment 5 Writing When it comes to the topic of technology, most of us will readily agree that as one of the major innovations of our society, it is a necessity to everyday life. Where this agreement ends, however, is on the questions regarding how technology influences writing: Do these technologies make it easier for you to join conversations? Do they improve or degrade your thinking and writing? Whereas some are convinced that digital communication is making us dumber in terms of writing due to quality of information and conversations, others maintain that digital communication is making us smarter because information and conversations are instantaneous. Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, the authors of “They Say/I Say”: The moves that matter in Academic Writing, contend that digital communication is neither improving or degrading writing. Having thousands of resources at our fingertips how can technology be making us dumber? Critics say that technology provides us with an overwhelming amount of information where there is a less chance of finding relevant, helpful information, and often times Wikipedia is the first choice for information. The internet has many unreliable sites and information causing it to be challenging to find credible information. The quality of conversations is also lost as texting and social media causing writing to deteriorate as poor writing habits are put into use, for example, abbreviations. Also, writing is often not revised as it does

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