According to statistics conducted by statsita.com, last year in 2017, there were a recorded 2.32 billion smartphone users. Everybody has a computer in their pocket nowadays. Humans are constantly checking social media, texts, and email. Rarely do we take a step back a think about what the consequences of this constant, technological stimulation is doing to our brains. An article by Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” makes the claim that the internet is dulling or changing the way our brains think and operate. Carr explains these changes saying how he is having problems focusing, and gets fidgety when reading. He continues by explaining how prevalent the internet is in his life and he cannot focus on a text conversation. On the other hand, he says that the …show more content…
In order to grab the audience’s attention, Carr using rhetorical strategies. He explains how the internet has changed him and others and he compares his thought process in the past to his in the present. As he makes these observations, Carr compiled research from different credible writers that felt the same as him. Nicholas Carr uses logos, ethos, and pathos to support his stance on how the Internet is changing our brains.
Carr uses logos to prove that the internet is causing problems. Even though Carr has been feeling the negative effects of the internet, he quotes other writers that agreed with him to support his thesis. By using other credible writers, Carr is able to get the attention of his audience and establish credibility to his own claim. In his article, Carr explains how, “It is clear that users are not reading online in the traditional