Is Google Making USupid Analysis

Did you read that tweet? Can you Google that for me? How about that picture on Facebook? Did you see that? As time has passed we’ve found new ways to gather information and connect with people thought the Internet. We have Google, Twitter, Facebook and many more social networking sites. People say our generation is being taken over by many of these social sites. The essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid” talks about how we use the Internet so much it could potentially make us stupid. Finding answers on Google is so easy it holds us back from being able to sit down and read something to find out for ourselves. The second article “Small Change: Why The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted” takes a deeper look into the effects on gathering through the Internet comparing revolution times to present day times. Rhetorically both essays have some similarities and differences. As you look at the use of ethos, pathos and logos you can see how it affects the audience and what the purpose of these articles are.
In “Is Google Making Us Stupid” Carr uses ethos to talk about how we use Google now and it has affected our ability to read through long articles and hold our attention, even though his article is one of the longer ones. Bruce Freedman says, “I now have almost totally lost the ability to read and absorb a longish article on the web or in print” (qtd by Carr) Carr and other people can relate to because in his article he talks about how we now “skim” things we read. He uses quotes from others that have similar views as he does using ethos to ensure his credibility, which can also be assured as Carr has published a book and written many others. In “Small Change:” the author also uses the appeal to ethos by using facts from the past to show is kn...

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... people to relay the message to the reader. He even uses a scientific study done at University College London. While Gladwell tells other peoples stories and stories of the past to show his message of how we use a different form of connection from people back in the 60’s. Gladwell uses many references to the civil war in his writing. Both pieces of writing are also similar because they are both writing in the purpose to inform their reader on the information they have found on the Internet and its effect on the people who use it. The way the author presents the information and their method of writing are different. Pathos emotionally influences the audience as ethos ethically influences the audience. When looking into these two pieces of writing you can see how ethos and pathos you can see how it affects the audience and helps you find the purpose of the article.