Mass media and the internet have caused people’s attention spans to get shorter. However, the overall effect has been positive: while people are less able to focus on one thing, they more than make up for it with an enhanced ability to sort through large quantities of information and find what’s important.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
Mass media and internet are two of the most important factors in the present world responsible for bringing about a huge change in peoples lifestyle. The internet can solve almost any problem in all the fields of study. The vast information provided by the internet no doubt requires enhanced ability to sort through the lexicon to find out the pertinent piece of information. However, they have not caused peoples attention spans to get shorter.
It is true that people are more dependent on the internet today rather than text books. It is also true that people can now get the relevant information at one click instead of searching for hours in journals and books. However, this does not prove that their attention span has reduced. In fact, the time saved from finding the information in books is utilized for productive purposes. For instance, if a doctor requires information on a specific disease, he/she can just search on google and get the information in a jiffy. the amount of time saved can be used for further research on the disease.
Mass media and internet no doubt offer a huge quantity of information. A single search in google on the topic 'apple' yields millions of results relating to the fruit apple , the company apple and any other aspect having a modicum of relation to apple. This can sometime befuddle the person, causing him/her to use the wrong information. However, with time, this problem has been tackled to a great extent as people are getting more experienced in this field. Any new field of learning can of course prove to be a challenge for a callow person, but upon experience, every field can be mastered.
The advantages that the mass media and internet offer overshadow the minor foibles. Today, a world without internet and and mass media is unimaginable. Even a first grade school kid knows how to use the internet. As the world is becoming more and more technical, the use of books is reducing. This throws light on the fact that people field of focus is shifting. While it may appear that their attention span is reducing in a field, it is because they are focusing on other important fields.
Hence, Mass media and internet, through the wide scope of information they offer, have created a 'technical revolution' with people becoming more efficient in their ability to sort for relevant information and also to use that information for good purposes.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 285, Rule ID: NEEDS_FIXED[1]
Message: "requires enhanced" is only accepted in certain dialects. For something more widely acceptable, try 'enhancing' or 'to be enhanced'.
Suggestion: enhancing; to be enhanced
...vided by the internet no doubt requires enhanced ability to sort through the lexicon to ...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: The
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Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...s of results relating to the fruit apple , the company apple and any other aspect ...
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Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to can'
Suggestion: to can
...n this field. Any new field of learning can of course prove to be a challenge for a...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: and
...oibles. Today, a world without internet and and mass media is unimaginable. Even a firs...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, however, if, may, so, while, for instance, in fact, no doubt, of course, it is true, to a great extent
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 33.0505617978 79% => OK
Preposition: 53.0 58.6224719101 90% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1994.0 2235.4752809 89% => OK
No of words: 409.0 442.535393258 92% => OK
Chars per words: 4.87530562347 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.49708221141 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58294410275 2.79657885939 92% => OK
Unique words: 200.0 215.323595506 93% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.488997555012 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 625.5 704.065955056 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.740449438202 0% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.0905580892 60.3974514979 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.6363636364 118.986275619 76% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5909090909 23.4991977007 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.77272727273 5.21951772744 111% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.329990347641 0.243740707755 135% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.10016068092 0.0831039109588 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0887049600238 0.0758088955206 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.200993627286 0.150359130593 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0660639122432 0.0667264976115 99% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 14.1392134831 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.02 12.1639044944 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.62 8.38706741573 91% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 100.480337079 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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