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The Impact of Google on Our Thinking and Reading Habits

In the video "Is Google Making Us Stupid?", experts discuss how the internet, particularly Google, shapes our thought processes and reading habits. Drawing on Marshall McLuhan's insights, they examine the immediate access to vast information and the cost of this convenience: a decline in deep reading and critical thinking. A study from University College London highlights how online behavior leads to superficial skimming rather than focused engagement with texts. This shift affects students' research skills and their ability to develop deep understanding, marking a significant change in our cognitive processes.

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The Impact of Google on Our Thinking and Reading Habits

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  1. Is Google Making Us Stupid? Matt Gillis, Emily Poskrobko,Katie Siemianowski

  2. Video Intro • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDvYIfl9IA

  3. Net as a Universal Medium • Immediate access to rich stores of information • Comes at a price

  4. Marshall McLuhan “Media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS_FwVI7Si4&feature=related

  5. Staccato Quality • Freidman- quickly scanning short passages of text from many sources online • McLuhan- fight to stay focused on longer pieces of writing

  6. “Skimming Activity” • University College London- study of online research habits • Hopping from one source to another • Rarely return to one already visited

  7. Psychologists Say… • Maryanne Wolf (Tufts)- web reading puts efficiency and immediacy above all else • Weaken capacity for deep reading • Ability to interpret text and make mental connections is weakened

  8. Effects on the… SQUIRREL! • James Olds- “The brain has the ability to reprogram itself on the fly, altering the way it functions.” • Scattering attention span, diffusing concentration, can’t process information • Pop-up ads, shortening of articles, hyperlinks (websites cater to our short-attention spans)

  9. Pancakes! • Pancake People: access to many websites, but don’t retain much information, don’t go in depth (result of skimming activity)

  10. What Students Don’t Know • Research process- students overuse Google, misuse scholarly databases • 30 students interviewed- mentioned Google 115 times (twice as much as any other search engine) • Students not good at using Google, can’t build a search that produced good sources

  11. Google (verb) • Google Defense: • More info to access • Faster understanding • More productive as thinkers

  12. “Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts.” -Nietzsche

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