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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of Bauerlein's "The Dumbest Generation". The writer analyzes various arguments put forth in the text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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prefer to do their reading in a digital format. The instantaneous nature of digital communication protocols means that business and education can now occur at a distance, and with greater
speed and efficiency than ever before. However, there are many social critics who put forth the notion that while digital technology in the information age may have made learning easier,
it has actually reduced the extent to which young people pursue educational activities. This is the central thesis, for example, in Mark Bauerleins "The Dumbest Generation": "never have the opportunities
for education, learning, political action, and cultural activity been greater", and yet young people are experience all time high rates of illiteracy, disconnection with cultural heritage, and total ignorance of
politics and world affairs (Bauerlein 2008, p. 9). This paper will explore the arguments set forth in the text, and the controversy they invoke. One of the main arguments that
proponents of the digital age make is that the availability of technology naturally improves intelligence. Certain, the internet presents the potential to take advantage of many excellent learning opportunities, such
as conversing with foreign cultures, or making use of MIT or Yales online course work. However, Bauerlein argues that this is not what young people generally use the internet for.
Indeed, he writes that "it isnt enough to say that these young people are uninterested in world realities. They are actively cut off from them" (Bauerlein 2008, p. 12). The
popularity of social networking sites seems to bear out this argument; certainly, Facebook and Twitter enjoy a much higher daily hit count than do the above-mentioned educational sites.
Another common argument put forth by proponents of the digital age is that the new methods of learning made available by the internet greatly
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