Where does Bauerlein get his data? You might ask students to do their own research by using something like RescueTime, and having several people they know do so, also, to see just how much time they spend reading online. http://www.rescuetime.com/
You could also ask them to define reading--when they are looking at Facebook are they reading? Writing?
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javier Quintero"Social life is a powerful temptation," Bauerlein explains, "and most teenagers feel the pain of missing out."
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Lynne JonesBauerlein also frets about the nature of the Internet itself, where people "seek out what they already hope to find, and they want it fast and free, with a minimum of effort." In entering a world where nobody ever has to stick with anything that bores or
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Will RichardsonBauerlein also frets about the nature of the Internet itself, where people "seek out what they already hope to find, and they want it fast and free, with a minimum of effort." In entering a world where nobody ever has to stick with anything that bores or
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Melonie FullickYet another article about how stupid we're all becoming.
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tony curzon priceIncreasingly disconnected from the "adult" world of tradition, culture, history, context and the ability to sit down for more than five minutes with a book, today's digital generation is becoming insulated in its own stultifying cocoon of bad spelling, civic illiteracy and endless postings that hopelessly confuse triviality with transcendence. Two-thirds of U.S. undergraduates now score above average on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, up 30% since 1982, he reports.
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In the four minutes it probably takes to read this review, you will have logged exactly half the time the average 15- to 24-year-old now spends reading each day.
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Esmail YazdanpourHow dumb are we? Thanks to the Internet, dumb and dumber, this author writes.
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Annabel AstburyHow dumb are we? Thanks to the Internet, dumb and dumber, this author writes.
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Howard RheingoldHow dumb are we? Thanks to the Internet, dumb and dumber, this author writes.
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The problem is that instead of using the Web to learn about the wide world, young people instead mostly use it to gossip about each other and follow pop culture, relentlessly keeping up with the ever-shifting lingua franca of being cool in school. The two most popular websites by far among students are Facebook and MySpace. "Social life is a powerful temptation," Bauerlein explains, "and most teenagers feel the pain of missing out."
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Instead of connecting them with parents, teachers and other adult figures, "[t]he web . . . encourages more horizontal modeling, more raillery and mimicry of people the same age."
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people "seek out what they already hope to find, and they want it fast and free, with a minimum of effort." In entering a world where nobody ever has to stick with anything that bores or challenges them, "going online habituates them to juvenile mental habits."
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The Dumbest Generation
How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future, or Don't Trust Anyone Under 30 Mark Bauerlein
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Javed Alam'The Dumbest Generation' by Mark Bauerlein
How dumb are we? Thanks to the Internet, dumb and dumber, this author writes.
By Lee Drutman, Special to The Times
July 5, 2008
In the four minutes it probably takes to read this review, you will have logged exactly half the time the average 15- to 24-year-old now spends reading each day. That is, if you even bother to finish. If you are perusing this on the Internet, the big block of text below probably seems daunting, maybe even boring. Who has the time? Besides, one of your Facebook friends might have just posted a status update! -
Richard LeComteHow dumb are we? Thanks to the Internet, dumb and dumber, this author writes.
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John MahaffieHarsh critique of today's 15 to 24-year-olds who are impatient with any lengthy text, e.g. They fail to get context and history.
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Rhea Myers"...amid the sometimes annoyingly frantic warning bells that ding throughout "The Dumbest Generation," there are also some keen insights into how the new digital world really is changing the way young people engage with information and the obstacles they
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Yvonne FrindleTwo-thirds of U.S. undergraduates now score above average on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, up 30% since 1982, he reports.
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You could also ask them to define reading--when they are looking at Facebook are they reading? Writing?
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