Summary Of Carr's Ethos Pathos Logos

Pathos paragraph Carr tries to make the audience dislike the Internet and share his view of how the Internet had affected our minds. Carr is also worried and concerned about how the Internet has affected our minds. He says “Over the past few years I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming my memory" (1). Then, he goes onto mention how his friends and acquaintances struggle with being able to keep their attention on an article or text that is long. He says “The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing" (2).
Ethos paragraph Carr is trustworthy and credible because he had situated ethos. He
is a recognized writer, who had written various articles, essays, books, and periodicals about technology and culture, which means he had situated ethos. Within his article he talks about his own experience and his friends and acquaintances experiences about how reading texts online had affected the way he reads now. He also mentions two bloggers, one who write about online media and another who write about the use of computers in medicine.
Logos paragraph Within Carr’s article he uses various hard evidence, he mentions his own personal experiences as well as others personal experience of not being able to read the same long passages of text ever since reading online. He mentions a study that was done by the University College London, who has published a study of online research habits. Then, he mentions various history examples who have been affected by technological devices.