We Are How We Read Summary
He begins his article by referencing his personal observations of how his own reading habits are changing. He then provides examples from other writers who have noticed the same thing after reading things on daily basis online. Next, he provides a study from a University College London which shows people that read online they show more skimming activity than people who are readers. He said, “As part of the five-year research program, the scholars examined computer logs documenting the behavior of visitors to two popular research sites… They found that people using the sites exhibited “a form of skimming activity,” hopping from one source to another and rarely returning to any source they’d already visited…” (Carr, 2008, p. 90). Mr. Carr quoted,
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91). Mr. Carr uses this quote to reason that people should read how they want people to perceive them as. Carr’s perspective on all of this is that no matter how much or how little we read, a person who reads deep and understands the meaning of the written piece can more fully reflect on their personal personality. Wolf describes this by, “We have to teach our minds how to translate the symbolic characters we see into the language we understand” (Carr, 2008, p. 92). Carr can be easily related to the audience due to him sharing his own personal thoughts on the internet and the quotes he provides within the article. He also persuades the audience throughout the article by using outside sources and by putting his own personal experience caused by the internet, “I’m not thinking the way I used to think… Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do. I feel as if I’m always dragging my wayward brain back to the text. The deep reading that used to come naturally has become a struggle” (Carr, 2008,p. 89). His article finishes by making the reader think if google or the internet is causing people to lack knowledge or if it is actually improving the way the world
91). Mr. Carr uses this quote to reason that people should read how they want people to perceive them as. Carr’s perspective on all of this is that no matter how much or how little we read, a person who reads deep and understands the meaning of the written piece can more fully reflect on their personal personality. Wolf describes this by, “We have to teach our minds how to translate the symbolic characters we see into the language we understand” (Carr, 2008, p. 92). Carr can be easily related to the audience due to him sharing his own personal thoughts on the internet and the quotes he provides within the article. He also persuades the audience throughout the article by using outside sources and by putting his own personal experience caused by the internet, “I’m not thinking the way I used to think… Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do. I feel as if I’m always dragging my wayward brain back to the text. The deep reading that used to come naturally has become a struggle” (Carr, 2008,p. 89). His article finishes by making the reader think if google or the internet is causing people to lack knowledge or if it is actually improving the way the world