Section 1 From Carr's Article- Gurjot, Kyle, Julie, Claire

The Main idea of Our Section:
Lack of reading because availability of the Internet. The mental shift in the brain caused by immediate access to information and literature.

Carr's most convincing claims:
1st Claim: "we may well be reading more today than we did in the 1970s or 1980s, when television was the medium of choice. But it is a different kind of reading, and behind it lies a different kind of thinking- perhaps even a new sense of the self."

Why the claim is convincing?: Good reasoning and evidence surrounding it. Evidence: "Thanks to the ubiquity of text on the Internet, not to mention the popularity of text-messaging on cell phones."
Reasoning: "We are not only what we read," says Maryanne Wolf,... "We are how we read."

2nd Claim: "For me, as for others, the Net is becoming a universal medium, the conduit for most of the information that flows through my eyes and ears and into my mind."

Why the claim is convincing?: Supports a popular idea that the Internet has become a medium for information.
Reasoning: "The advantages of having immediate access to such an incredibly rich store of information are many, and they've been widley described and duly applauded."
Evidence: "The perfect recall of silicon memory," Wired's Clive Thompson ahs written, "can be an enormous boon to thinking."

Interesting/Complex Claims
1st Claim: "The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long peices of writing."

Why the claim is interesting/complex?: Carr talks about Scott Karp who was a lit major in college who has stopped reading books altogether.

2nd Claim: "Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes."

Why the claim is interesting/complex?: The claim is true because it is happening today.