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    Erica Chambers Dr. Wolfgang Lepschy ENC 1101 February 12‚ 2015 Summary Response In “Multitasking Can Make You Lose . . . Um . . . Focus‚” an article published in the New York Times‚ Alina Tugend observes how multitasking has become an accepted day-to-day practice. Tugend argues that even though multitasking can keep things entertaining‚ it takes away focus and we are not being as productive as we believe ourselves to be. According to Tugend‚ our brains may only need a few seconds to switch between

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    attempt demanding task simultaneously‚we ended up doing neither as well as we should because our brains have cognitive limits". In other words‚the author is trying to say that is better to do one thing at a time than multitasking because the brain will work better‚ and if we are multitasking‚we will have a worse memory. For example‚ sometimes at my job‚ I have to multitask. This made my memory worse because I try to do three or more jobs at once‚ like holding wires‚ connecting them‚ connecting outlets

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    What is New Media? Vin Crosbie‚ 1998 (revised to include world usage figures and Napster example‚ 2002 Only its simplicity makes its difficult to understand. To work successfully in New Media‚ you must understand what the New Media are. There is a saying about Einstein’s Theory of Relativity — that what makes it difficult for some people to comprehend is its simplicity. That you don’t need to acquire more information to understand it‚ but that you must instead discard preconceived notions

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    his concentration abilities. He is fair in that he admits that the Internet has been useful in connecting with people and finding information but he also believes that‚ like a double-edged sword‚ the benefit comes with a price. Carr believes that media through the Internet can provide the information you need but also shapes the course of a person’s thought process. He believes our minds will begin to need to take data in the same way that the Internet does‚ “In a swiftly moving stream of particles

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    The article‚ “Media Use‚ Face-to- Face Communication‚ Media Multitasking‚ and Social Well-Being Among 8- 12 Year-Old Girls is a survey that was conducted within North America to examine the relationships between social media use between younger girls and how it affects their social well-being. The survey looks at various relationships between social media use‚ face-to face communication‚ using multiple social medias‚ and social well-being or in other words‚ how they feel about themselves and if

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    How Social Media Affects Our Lives? Professor Donald Gutstein TA Anis Rahman Xinyi Zhang 301187237 Introduction With the rapid development of technology and fast pace of life‚ people are surrounded by all kinds of information everyday‚ it is an era of information explosion varietal forms of communication have appeared to people’s daily lives (21. Kadiri). Information Explosion could simply be defined as the rapid increase in the amount of published

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    Human multitasking is the best performance by an individual of appearing to handle more than one task at the same time. The term is derived from computer multitasking. An example of multitasking is taking phone calls while typing an email. Some believe that multitasking can result in time wasted due to human context switching and apparently causing more errors due to insufficient attention. Etymology The term "multitasking" originated in the computer engineering industry.[1] It refers to the

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    Social Media influenced us‚ and our human development. While many people don’t see the actual influence the media plays in our every day to day life‚ watching those videos and our class decision‚ I now understand how it doesn’t just shape who we are but also influence us every day. People believe they have their own personal style‚ the way they communicate and their every own personality‚ but the truth is they get “their” style and personality along with their communication skills come from the

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    Multitasking: Good or Bad? (Argumentative Essay) What is multitasking that it became something that people resort to in doing their jobs? Multitasking is doing multiple jobs simultaneously. In doing this‚ you get to finish more jobs in a given amount of time. With the increasing amount of work that needs to be done‚ this can be very helpful. Furthermore‚ the ability to multitask effectively would sound appealing to a job employer for the reason that a person could finish a lot of jobs in a short

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    Is multitasking really possible? 10/23/13 TUGEND‚ A. (2008). Shortcuts - Multitasking Can Make You Lose ... Um ... Focus NYTimes.com. The New York Times - Breaking News‚ World News & Multimedia. Retrieved October 18‚ 2013‚ from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/business/yourmoney/25shortcuts.html?pagewanted=all In this 2008 New York Times article by Alina Tugend the topic of discussion is on whether multitasking can make us

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