Annotated Bibliography: Is Google Making us Stupid?

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Is Google making us Stupid?
Hooper, Val and Channa Herath. Is Google Making Us Stupid? The Impact of the Internet on Reading Behavior. [Online] [Accessed April 12, 2017]
In an article entitled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Hooper and Herath analyze the effects of the internet on people’s reading behavior. They use an exploratory survey to analyze people’s offline and online reading behaviors, the differences between offline and online reading, and how online environment impacts on a person’s reading patterns. Although online reading is highly efficient in terms of delivering relevant content by offering unlimited access, reliance on the internet tends to affect critical reading skills as well as analytical reading fluency.
The authors have not presented their credentials but their participation in the 17th Bled e-Conference indicates that they are highly learned individuals who have the qualities of researching on this topic. In addition, they have presented this article in a coherent and highly organized manner which indicates that the paper has been well researched upon
The article is highly relevant to my current research since it uses scholarly publications to present their arguments. Furthermore, the authors base their arguments on exploratory survey and literature review of articles that have been published by other authors. This makes the publication an essential paper that will play an instrumental role in this analysis. Furthermore, the authors have examined both the pros and cons of online reading behaviors which is essential in comparing how Google affect people’s reading behaviors.
Lei, Pei-Lan, Sunny S. J. Lin, and Chuen-Tsai Sun. Effect of Reading Ability and Internet Experience on Keyword-based Image Search. Educational Technology & Society, 16 (2), 151–162.
Pei-Lan Lei, Sunny S. J. Lin, and Chuen-Tsai Sun argue that internet experience and reading ability tend to impact on keyword-based image search. Image searches play an instrumental role in gathering information, creating knowledge, and developing successful education outcomes. The authors analyzed how internet experience tends to affect the search behaviors and experience among students in junior high school. 58 students participated in the study and it showed that reading abilities has a huge effect in internet experiences as well as search performance and behaviors. This implies that there are positive relationships between search performance as well as different reading behaviors and evaluation of search outcomes.
The authors are lecturers of institutions of higher learning and this provides them with enough skills and experience to conduct studies relating to the impact of internet. The scholars have also been involved in different kinds of research studies that has led to several publications associated with way modern technologies impact on education performance.
This publication is highly relevant to my research since it examines the relationship between the internet and learning experiences among students. Furthermore, the scholars have analyzed the significance of using key words in search engines and how such information is essential in gathering the needed information. This journal will therefore play an instrumental role in determining how Google impacts on student’s learning behaviors.
Loan, Fayaz Ahmad (2012). Impact of the Internet surfing on reading practices and choices. Webology, 9(1), Article 94.
Fayaz Ahmad Loan analyzes how internet surfing impacts on people’s reading choices and practices. He argues that reading is not limited to print article since the internet has significantly diversified the traditional reading culture of people. College students are considered as a net generation and a sample of 647 students from a variety of strata were selected to determine how e-reading affects their reading behaviors. The study found that internet surfing has transitioned online readers leading to increased non-sequential reading, superficial reading, interactive reading, as well as extensive reading. In addition, the internet has been responsible for reducing in-depth and concentrated reading.
The author is a professor and a documentation officer at the center of Central Asian Studies that is based in University of Kashmir, India. This makes him a highly qualified individual to research on this topic. Furthermore, the author has increasingly published numerous scholarly articles based on the impact of the internet and how it affects people’s reading practice and choices.
The relevance of this document to my research is based on the fact that it has reviewed how the internet impacts on different forms of reading practices. For instance, the author has found that although internet surfing reduces in-depth reading and comprehensive understanding; it increases reading of news and views, selected fields, general knowledge, religious/spiritual texts, and sexual content.
Ollé, Candela and Ángel Borrego. A qualitative study of the impact of electronic journals on scholarly information behavior [Online] [Accessed April 12, 2017]
Candela Ollé and Ángel Borrego conducted a qualitative study to determine how electronic journals impacts on scholarly journal behavior. The study which was conducted among students in Catalan universities showed that academics that use electronic journals tend to read more widely on the internet. However, this online reading habit becomes more superficial since people are induced to increase their discrimination skills so that they can decide the information that they will read more in-depth. This implies that as a result of increased presence of journals that can be accessed electronically, academics have significantly decreased the number of library visit and the amount of time spent in libraries.
The authors are qualified to research on this topic since they are faculty members at the University of Barcelona. Furthermore, they have used scholarly journals to conduct a qualitative study that examines the impacts of electronic journals on people’s studying behaviors. This publication has also been presented in a well-structured manner that makes it easy to effectively understand the information.
The article is relevant since it investigates how electronic journals affects people’s reading behaviors. The paper has examined how internet search engines, particularly Googl and Google Scholar, have become crucial sources of information, thus replacing physical browsing. This information will be incorporated in my current research to investigate the impact of Google on people’s reading styles.
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