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
With the development of technology and science, our life is becoming more easier day by day. Mass media is such a tool which get modernized gradually. Before electronic media people used to depend on print media which is slower but it distracts people mind less than electronic media nowadays. Though it seems that it has an overall positive effect on our lives, there should be an equal concern on its negative side also.
100 years before now it would take minimum 10 days to deliver a mail from U.S.A to U.K. After introducing transatlantic cable it becomes too much easier to communicate. But after the introduction of the mobile internet there comes a revolution in terms of mass media and communication. People can easily get any news from anywhere in the world with just a touch of the hand on his smartphone screen. So he has to be less patient to get anything through the advancement of technology. As a result, it's quite natural that he has a shorter attention span than his predecessor.
Shorter attention spans can harm us in a various way like in some works where deep concentration is obligatory. We can be easily distracted from our main course because of our this wicked habit. Science, arts, business all form of sector prefer students who can hold their concentration level much longer. Suppose, nowadays a neurosurgeon has to undergo eight or more hours of operation for his patient. If he easily gets distracted by means of shorter attention span then the consequences will know no bound. If an engineer designs a faulty building or bridge due to this immoral practice of attention his design will be a catastrophe.
So it's pretty much clear that to achieve substantial work we can't but need longer attention period. Shorter attention period can only be useful shallow work stated in the prompt. If anyone checks mass media when he sits to study then chances are he can't study properly because a certain portion of his brain gets occupied by that news. Moreover, our brain circuitry forms a reward mechanism for output which needs a shorter time to execute, it can be introduced as a short-term pleasure mechanism. When our brain gets excited on a short-term basis then it's hard to inured to long-term work.
To sum up it may seem that mass media benefit us as the way stated in the prompt but in a broader sense, it actually causes injurious to us in terms of our attention spans. So with the help of reading various books, we may overcome the loss what mass media bring to us.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 70, Rule ID: MOST_COMPARATIVE[2]
Message: Use only 'easier' (without 'more') when you use the comparative.
Suggestion: easier
...ology and science, our life is becoming more easier day by day. Mass media is such a tool w...
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Line 1, column 418, Rule ID: ALSO_SENT_END[1]
Message: 'Also' is not used at the end of the sentence. Use 'as well' instead.
Suggestion: as well
...e an equal concern on its negative side also. 100 years before now it would take mi...
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Line 2, column 78, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: A
...imum 10 days to deliver a mail from U.S.A to U.K. After introducing transatlantic...
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Line 3, column 37, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a various way" with adverb for "various"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...r. Shorter attention spans can harm us in a various way like in some works where deep concentra...
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Line 3, column 404, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “If” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...ore hours of operation for his patient. If he easily gets distracted by means of s...
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Line 4, column 62, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...ear that to achieve substantial work we cant but need longer attention period. Short...
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Line 4, column 249, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...en he sits to study then chances are he cant study properly because a certain portio...
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Line 4, column 498, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “When” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...ced as a short-term pleasure mechanism. When our brain gets excited on a short-term ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, if, may, moreover, so, then, as to, as a result, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 19.6327345309 56% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.9520958084 100% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 11.1786427146 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 13.6137724551 88% => OK
Pronoun: 44.0 28.8173652695 153% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 57.0 55.5748502994 103% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 16.3942115768 104% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2068.0 2260.96107784 91% => OK
No of words: 437.0 441.139720559 99% => OK
Chars per words: 4.73226544622 5.12650576532 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.57214883401 4.56307096286 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66002337062 2.78398813304 96% => OK
Unique words: 243.0 204.123752495 119% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.556064073227 0.468620217663 119% => OK
syllable_count: 639.0 705.55239521 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.96107784431 141% => OK
Article: 1.0 8.76447105788 11% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 2.70958083832 295% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.22255489022 95% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 19.7664670659 111% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 30.4461657399 57.8364921388 53% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 94.0 119.503703932 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.8636363636 23.324526521 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.59090909091 5.70786347227 63% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 5.25449101796 152% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 8.20758483034 134% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.67664670659 107% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.217890850869 0.218282227539 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0626953258634 0.0743258471296 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0409193190332 0.0701772020484 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.124988189267 0.128457276422 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.049394951937 0.0628817314937 79% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 14.3799401198 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 48.3550499002 125% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.197005988 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.15 12.5979740519 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.98 8.32208582834 96% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 98.500998004 95% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 12.3882235529 93% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: 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.