... has become more skimming, and it "has taken on a 'staccato' quality, reflecting the way he quickly scans short passages from many sources online" (Carr). Friedman wonders, is the Internet changing his brain? (Carr) One thing is for sure: the Internet has changed the way we ... and Friedman note, reading alone has changed drastically. In Carr's article, he cites a study by researchers at University College London, that surveyed reading habits online over a five-year period. Researchers found that "there are signs that new forms of 'reading' are emerging as users 'power brows...

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... the relevance structures and activities of their everyday lives (67). They have identified "use genres- that were invented by users of the Internet. Their list includes participation in online support groups, holding together a fragmented national and cultural identity, sustaining globally spread social and family networks, political organizing, talking back to institutions of power, rationalizing everyday activities, ... is permitted both because the members of the group understand and feel comfortable with one another, and also because they draw social strength from each other- (118). ...

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... entertained instead of engaging in intelligent public discourse. These days the Internet would take the crown. According to Leo Reisberg, who wrote "10% of Students May Spend Too Much Time Online, Study Suggests-, "At least 10% of college students use the internet so much that it interferes with their grades, their health, and their social lives."" (Sequence for Academic Writing, 172 ... , "The students who were identified as dependent spent an average of 229 minutes a day using the Internet for nonacademic reasons, compared with 73 minutes a day for others."" Mr. Anderson also notes, "W...

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... by the abuse of the Internet. Judy and Bob had been saving to buy a house, but Bob became so absorbed in the Internet that he spent all their money on online services. He stopped joining Judy for dinner and went to bed long after her, forcing her to leave him a few months later. This example was appropriately added to the introduction ... 's term, not a clinical one,"" says Young. She goes on to explain that the word addiction is not even in the manual for mental disorders used by medical professionals. She also notes that some psychologists call it "internet dependence,"" while others c...

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