Positive and Negative Effects of Internet in Cognitive Ability and Processing

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Carr, N. (2008). Is Google making us stupid?. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 107(2), 89-94.
In this article, Carr conducted a research about the effects of Google’s search engine on our ability to think and process information. It is known to most of us that Google has made searching for everything as quickly as possible. While this has benefits, he discussed that this technology could affect its users’ critical thinking skills and the capability to create new ideas on their own. Consequently, he argued that the reason for this is due to the new generation’s lack of interest in reading books. In conclusion, he said that reading books could then help the new generation to become ‘smarter,’ by enabling it to develop new ideas through the power of association.
Clark, E. A., & Everhart, D. (2007). Positive effects of internet use by college freshmen. The New School Psychology Bulletin, 5(2), 31-36.
This article was aimed to test the author’s hypothesis that (1) the internet serves as a coping mechanism for students and (2) that there is a relationship between the number of hours spent on the internet and joint problems that college students face. The primary importance of this article as stated by the author was due to the availability of internet access on campuses as well ...