Technology has created a new way that teens and young peolpe in this generation go about communicating and where they get their information for the most part. Goldwasser's thesis, "Teenagers today read and write for fun; it;s a part of their social lives. WE need to start celebrating this unprecidented surge, incorporating it as an educational tool instead of meeting it with punishing pop quizzes and supspicion (239)." This shows that Goldswasser beleives that this new generation of multi-media expressionists have created their own type of motive for reading and writing on they own. Goldwasser goes on to say that the older generation is scared to associate these new mediums as valid because they are not fluent in these social stratuses(238) .
In Johnson's writing I think he comes across as saying the television shows that are on today are very complex in the way they're formatted. Goldwasser would most likely agree with Johnson in that this new generation has created an outlet to express creativity by using the medium of television. In Johnson's writing I think he comes across as saying the television shows that are on today are very complex in the way they're formatted and that these types of shows improve cognition of it's viewers (Johnson 216).
On the other hand Dana Stevens would most likely disagree with these two. She outright says Johnson is crazy for asserting that television makes one smarter(233) . She takes the stance that TV is really neutral when it comes to brain stimulation and goes on to assert TV creates a feild day for adverstising to children. She challenges anyone to not watch TV for one day to see if they get any dumber(Stevens) .
works cited
Goldwasser, Amy. "What's the Matter with Kids Today?" Salon. 2008. Rpt. in They Say/I Say with Readings. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein and Russel Durst. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. 236-240. Print.
Johnson, Steven. “Watching T.V. Makes You Smarter”. New York Magazine (2005). They Say/I Say with Reading. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein and Russel Durst. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Print.
Stevens, Dana. “Thinking Outside the Idiot Box”. Slate (2005). Web. They Say/I Say with Reading. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein and Russel Durst. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Print.
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I don't really understand how your quote about teenagers writing for fun ties into the rest of your statements. What does the statement that teenagers read and write for fun have to do with the television? None of these sentences seem to tie together at all. I can't tell what Goldwasser's position is from your writing. The paragraph about Johnson’s opinions is repetitive and does not contain a solid point. Why does Goldwasser or Johnson believe these things?
ReplyDeleteForgive me for being blunt, but I had a hard time with this post for a few reasons.
ReplyDeleteFirst, the spelling errors are difficult to ignore. This blog has a spell-check feature for posts and comments. A minute or two going through the red-lined words would have greatly improved this post. Especially embarrassing are the misspellings within quotations, such as "unprecidented" and "supspicion," as well as misspelling the author's name.
Second, the title of your post suggests that Goldwasser was your assigned author. However, the final paragraph discusses how Stevens would respond to the other articles. It should have described instead how Goldwasser would have responded to Stevens.
Finally, I'm not so sure that Goldwasser would have agreed with Johnson. Goldwasser's essay was about teens using the Internet for communication and expression. The television is not an outlet for creativity for just anyone; it's more of a tool for corporations to provide entertainment and advertising, which goes against reading and writing on the Internet.
You need to take a little more time to edit your pieces before finalizing them, it made for a harder read. I"m also not sure how Goldwasser feels about Stevens article. You did a good job of summarizing what she had to say but do not mention what Goldwasser would think of her article. I think you did a good job of identifying the thesis statement and using textual evidence to help support that thesis.
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