With the advent of mass media and Internet, there has been a huge increase in the amount of information accessible to a particular person. From news articles about the government's new budget policy, to a recipe involving mushrooms, the internet has all kinds of information available. But, with increase in information, the attention spans of people has become shorter, i.e., it is now difficult to focus on any one specific thing properly, and thus it doesn't produce a positive effect on humans.
In today's world, when people are browsing through the internet, or receiving information through any other media, it is imperative that they question, and ascertain the credibility of the information. A recent survey conducted by the Atlantic revealed that the number of websites posting fake news has increased dramatically in the past decade. These websites mimic the look and feel of authentic new websites like the Guardian and the New York Times, thus giving the impression that they too are genuine. Now, with the shorter attention spans, it is extremely difficult to find out whether a piece of information is authentic or not, unless an in-depth study of the news article/report is done, and the source of the information is verified effectively.
Further, when people "skim" through information and try to differentiate the important ones from the irrelevant ones, they tend to neglect the core purpose of the information, and simply rely on their perfunctory analysis of it. Say, for example, you are reading a newspaper, but this newspaper only contains the headlines, and no explanation of these headlines is given. How would a person interpret them? As the saying goes, " Little knowledge is very dangerous". Wrongly interpreting a statement or some data can have dire consequences. The financial adviser of a company, in his cursory analysis of the current stock market, might advice the COO to make an investment which may cause a huge loss to the company.
Such short attention spans can have an adverse impact on the reading habits of people. Going through academic texts, books, research papers, requires an in-depth study of the material, and also a background search of all the associated fields. None of the information here can be classified as irrelevant, and thus, for people used to jumping from one piece of information to another rapidly on the internet, this would not be an easy task. Rather, it will diminish their ability to comprehend any text effectively.
A person tends to bring out his/her hidden abilities when he/she is pushed out of his/her comfort zone. Thus, inundating a person with loads of information can force him/her to try and find new ways to process the information, and also extract the relevant portions. But this would have a positive impact only if the person knows which information is fake and which is authentic, the person fully comprehends the information that he/she reads, and it doesn't impact their reading habits concerned with books, and other media.
- In many places new homes are needed but the only space available for building them is in the countryside Some people believe it is more important to protect the countryside and not build new homes there What is your opinion about this 79
- Your child is going on a three day school trip to another country. The head teacher wants to find parents to go with the group and you would like to go.Write a letter to the head teacher. In your letter:•Say why you would like to go on the trip•Sugges 78
- Educational institutions have a responsibility to dissuade students from pursuing fields of study in which they are unlikely succeed. Write a response in which you discuss to what extent you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting y 58
- You are due to start an English language course next week but you will not be able to because you have some problems.Write a letter to the manager of the language school, Sally Flannigan. In your letter:explain your situationdescribe your problemstell him 78
- IELTS WRITING TASK 1: PIE CHARTS 11
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 409, Rule ID: ANY_BODY[1]
Message: Did you mean 'anyone'?
Suggestion: anyone
..., i.e., it is now difficult to focus on any one specific thing properly, and thus it do...
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Line 1, column 454, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...ne specific thing properly, and thus it doesnt produce a positive effect on humans. ...
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Line 5, column 656, Rule ID: GIVE_ADVISE[4]
Message: Did you mean 'advise' (a verb)?
Suggestion: advise
...ysis of the current stock market, might advice the COO to make an investment which may...
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Line 9, column 178, Rule ID: TRY_AND[1]
Message: "Try and" is common in colloquial speech, but "'try to'" is recommended for writing.
Suggestion: try to
...ads of information can force him/her to try and find new ways to process the informatio...
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Line 9, column 452, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...e information that he/she reads, and it doesnt impact their reading habits concerned w...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, look, may, so, then, thus, for example
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 14.8657303371 141% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 33.0505617978 106% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 58.6224719101 113% => OK
Nominalization: 22.0 12.9106741573 170% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2551.0 2235.4752809 114% => OK
No of words: 494.0 442.535393258 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.16396761134 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.71445763274 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.90763596408 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 261.0 215.323595506 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.528340080972 0.4932671777 107% => OK
syllable_count: 792.9 704.065955056 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Interrogative: 3.0 0.740449438202 405% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 13.0 1.77640449438 732% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.8493936915 60.3974514979 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.55 118.986275619 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.7 23.4991977007 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.65 5.21951772744 51% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0702215111228 0.243740707755 29% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0192328692039 0.0831039109588 23% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0269457215138 0.0758088955206 36% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0393149044264 0.150359130593 26% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0212545198663 0.0667264976115 32% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.2 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 48.8420337079 96% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.94 12.1639044944 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.92 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 128.0 100.480337079 127% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 11.8971910112 122% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 6
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