Reading response

The debate about technology and writing is stretching on. Weather or not technology will change the writing styles of the future. In recent work Clive Thompson wrote “The New Literacy”. First he begins with an anti-technology view. John Sutherland claims that “Facebook encourages narcissistic blabbering, video and PowerPoint have replaced carefully crafter essays, and texting has dehydrated language into lack bald, and shorthand.”
Then Clive Thompson goes on to explain that technology hasn’t influenced a disgraceful way of writing. Then he shows many different points of evidence that Andrea Lunsford from Stanford that supports his idea. Andrea Lunsford says ”I think we’re in the midst of a literacy revolution that likes of which we haven’t seen since Greek civilization,” This proves that the writing has changed. Also many think that the people will use “texting language” in academic work. Lunsford examined that in first year students not one of the “texting language” was ever used. Lunsford collected vast type of writing sample, and found out that our generation write about 38% outside of the classroom. Most Americans never wrote after schooling unless their job required wring. There are many more different types of writing including bogs, introductions to themselves, updates, and academic work
He himself doesn’t imply that he is for the technology. He shows most of his information that he is for technology. He closes the article with, ”we think of writing as either good or bad. What today’s young people know is that knowing who you’re writing for might be the most crucial factor of all.” He points out that the younger generation has figured out a way to attract the audience’s attention. Which was unknown until recent years, because people would only write for the academic use. The people write much more because of the technology. Many of the things online are “status updates”. Haikus have become much more popular.In my own opinion, I think technology is a very valuable resource to the people. I don’t believe that the population should spend all there time using Facebook or texting. I think they should spend a little time everyday writing with correct grammar and spelling. This will improve both academic writing and writing for pleasure. I think that the writing revolution is going to come weather we like it or not. More and more technology is invented each day and there is no way to avoid it. I believe all the texting will help introduce new word into vocabularies. I still believe that we will eventually change for a good reason. It will improve the way people think. But, for now and a while we are in a gray area of where the writing should try to be as much as it used to be. Although some young people may say that if we stay this way then we will never get anywhere. I think technology should be used wisely, until all of the soft spots have become stronger. People enjoy writing for audiences. Skills of audience wring g has become much more common.