The internet, exist in and promotes, Examples: an environment of overstimulation Tv, magazine, newspaper… and scattered attention Tom Bodkin efficient news –NYT Any outlet accessed through the ‘abstracts’ media will have no choice but to conform to the internet standards of information consumption Industrial revolution philosophy Frederick Winslow Taylor’s at “system” embodied by Taylor (system Midvale Steel plant efficiency before individual labor) is Compared with the same philosophy that fuels the Google headquarters internet; both are searching for a of perfect efficiency” “Utopia singular, most efficient way to Eric Schmidt conduct work” Taylorism “Knowledge Well-funded, intelligent techies Sarcasm: naturally want to conduct more is not an opening for insight “Ambiguity research because they believe that but a bug to be fixed. The human brain more technology will always equal is just an outdated computer that needs more value for society, but what the a faster processor and a bigger hard heck is intelligence about anyway? drive.” The companies that encourage our endless use of the internet have ulterior (financial) motives. Others have feared change before; I Prolepsis: could be wrong Or maybe not! Socrates’ concerns regarding writing …. replacing knowledge in Plato’s Phaedrus reading, as Maryanne Wolf Appeal to Authority: “Deep argues, is indistinguishable from deep Compares himself to Socrates! thinking.” Example of Gutenberg Printing Quickly accessible content is not a Richard Foreman: replacement for dense people” “Pancake cultural/intellectual thought Sample Rhetorical Strategy Papers Sometimes it’s helpful to take a look at how other students write about strategies. Here are some excerpts from papers that analyze rhetorical strategies in Rifkin’s Change of Heart “A about Animals.” Rhetorical Analysis of Rifkin’s use of Rebuttals
The internet, exist in and promotes, an environment of overstimulation and scattered attention Any outlet accessed through the media will have no choice but to conform to the internet standards of information consumption Examples: Tv, magazine, newspaper… Tom Bodkin –NYT efficient news ‘abstracts’ Industrial revolution philosophy embodied by Taylor (system efficiency before individual labor) is the same philosophy that fuels the internet; both are searching for a singular, most efficient way to conduct “Knowledge work” Frederick Winslow Taylor’s “system” at Midvale Steel plant Compared with Google headquarters “Utopia of perfect efficiency” Eric Schmidt Taylorism Well-funded, intelligent techies naturally want to conduct more research because they believe that more technology will always equal more value for society, but what the heck is intelligence about anyway? Sarcasm: “Ambiguity is not an opening for insight but a bug to be fixed. The human brain is just an outdated computer that needs a faster processor and a bigger hard drive.” The companies that encourage our endless use of the internet have ulterior (financial) motives. Others have feared change before; I could be wrong …. Or maybe not! “Deep reading, as Maryanne Wolf argues, is indistinguishable from deep thinking.” Prolepsis: Socrates’ concerns regarding writing replacing knowledge in Plato’s Phaedrus Appeal to Authority: Compares himself to Socrates! Example of Gutenberg Printing Quickly accessible content is not a replacement for dense cultural/intellectual thought Richard Foreman: “Pancake people” Sample Rhetorical Strategy Papers Sometimes it’s helpful to take a look at how other students write about strategies. Here are some excerpts from papers that analyze rhetorical strategies in Rifkin’s “A Change of Heart about Animals.” Rhetorical Analysis of Rifkin’s use of Rebuttals
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