Professors are normally found in university classrooms, offices, and libraries doing research
and lecturing to their students. More and more, however, they also appear as guests on
television news programs, giving expert commentary on the latest events in the world. These
television appearances are of great benefit to the professors themselves as well as to their
universities and the general public.
Professors benefit from appearing on television because by doing so acquire reputations as
authorities in their academic fields among a much wider audience than they have on
campus. If a professor publishes views in an academic journal, only other scholars will learn
about and appreciate tho se views. But when a professor appears on TV, thousands of
people outside the narrow academic community become aware of the professor's ideas. So
when professors share their ideas with a television audience, the professors' importance as
scholars is enhanced.
Universities also benefit from such appearances. The universities receive positive publicity
when their professors appear on TV. When people see a knowledgeable faculty member of a
university on television, they think more highly of that university. That then leads to an improved reputation for the university. And that improved reputation in turn leads to more
donations for the university and more applications from potential students.
Finally, the public gains from professors' appearing on television. Most television viewers
normally have no contact with university professors. When professors appear on television,
viewers have a chance to learn from experts and to be exposed to views they might
otherwise never hear about. Television is generally a medium for commentary that tends to
be superficial, not deep or thoughtful. From professors on television, by contrast, viewers get
a taste of real expertise and insight.
The article states that professors who appear on TV shows and programs benefit not only themselves but also universities and even the public. However, the professor explains that the great value of professors' appearance on TV should be questioned and she refuses each of the author's reasons.
First, the reading claims that being on TV professors have a contact with a wider audience, so more people and academic communities become aware of professor's thoughts and ideas. Nevertheless the professor says that the popularity has actually a negative impact on professors' reputation. She states that those professors who are on TV are considered not serious scholars, because entertainment is more important for them than their research. As a result they are not invited to important academic meetings and events. Moreover they face difficulties in getting financial aid for their research.
Second, the article posits that Universities value when their professors are on TV, because people who see them think better of that University. Hence, the ratings of the university increase and it leads to more donations. However, the professor states that the situation is opposite. To be on TV takes a lot of time, because professors have to prepare presentations, to travel, to think how to look good. Instead of those activities they could spend more time on their research and the teaching students.
Third, the reading says that even general public benefit from professors appearing on TV, because people can educate themselves. However, the professor opposes this claim saying that TV is not about deep knowledge and shows want only a title, but not a clear explanation. The lectures are normally very brief and do not really improve people's knowledge.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: Nevertheless,
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Suggestion: Moreover,
...important academic meetings and events. Moreover they face difficulties in getting finan...
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Suggestion:
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Discourse Markers used:
['actually', 'also', 'but', 'first', 'hence', 'however', 'if', 'look', 'moreover', 'nevertheless', 'really', 'second', 'so', 'third', 'as a result']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.258064516129 0.261695866417 99% => OK
Verbs: 0.161290322581 0.158904122519 102% => OK
Adjectives: 0.058064516129 0.0723426182421 80% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0806451612903 0.0435111971325 185% => Less adverbs wanted.
Pronouns: 0.0451612903226 0.0277247811725 163% => OK
Prepositions: 0.112903225806 0.128828473217 88% => OK
Participles: 0.0225806451613 0.0370669169778 61% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.83030024729 2.5805825403 110% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0225806451613 0.0208969081088 108% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.00154638098197 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.0967741935484 0.128158765124 76% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.00967741935484 0.0158828679856 61% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0161290322581 0.0114777025283 141% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1757.0 1645.83664459 107% => OK
No of words: 280.0 271.125827815 103% => OK
Chars per words: 6.275 6.08160592843 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09062348924 4.04852973271 101% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.403571428571 0.374372842146 108% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.325 0.287516216867 113% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.225 0.187439937562 120% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.160714285714 0.113142543107 142% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83030024729 2.5805825403 110% => OK
Unique words: 153.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.546428571429 0.539623497131 101% => OK
Word variations: 55.3066113441 53.8517498576 103% => OK
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0529801325 115% => OK
Sentence length: 18.6666666667 21.7502111507 86% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.7635824775 49.3711431718 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.133333333 132.220823453 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.6666666667 21.7502111507 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.0 0.878197800319 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 3.39072847682 177% => OK
Readability: 51.1666666667 50.5018328374 101% => OK
Elegance: 1.37078651685 1.90840788429 72% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.312615167351 0.549887131256 57% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0937268788639 0.142949733639 66% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0550303393702 0.0787303798458 70% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.517275076231 0.631733273073 82% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.136833086398 0.139662658121 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.130488708747 0.266732575781 49% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0505250472408 0.103435571967 49% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.336002871499 0.414875509568 81% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0748637004894 0.0530846634433 141% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.212111466044 0.40443939384 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0567205076467 0.0528353158467 107% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.26048565121 70% => OK
Positive topic words: 7.0 3.49668874172 200% => OK
Negative topic words: 3.0 3.62251655629 83% => OK
Neutral topic words: 3.0 3.1766004415 94% => OK
Total topic words: 13.0 10.2958057395 126% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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Note: This is not the final score. The e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.