Mrs. Newport
English 1301
24 October 2015
SSR #1 In Steven Pinker’s “Mind Over Mass Media” he describes the multiple ways technology along with social networking have, in contrast to popular belief, actually amped our intellect and refined many situations for the good of society and progression of our workplace. He describes the negative connotations we normally tend to see toward video games, twitter, email, or television but responds by giving several examples of how it actually has improved intelligence and community as a whole. Within his writing Pinker establishes a firm foundation with facts to support his understanding of electronic technologies and their benefits. “The decades of television….were decades in which IQ scores