Dissenting

In his article, "The New Literacy," Clive Thompson discusses the controversial topic of whether or not young people's writing today is affected by their use of technology, specifically texting and online chatting. He uses research from professor Andrea Lunsford as evidence to his claim that student's academic writing are not being hindered by technology and are mabye even being helped by it. Thompson states, "The modern world of online writing, particularly in chat and on discussion threads [...] makes it closer to the Greek tradition of argument [...]" Renowned professors Bill Johnson and Steve Markey agree with Thomspon's argument that student's online writing are not hindering their academic writing, but see mto be on dubious ground when they claim that it is similiar to the Greek tradition of argument. This may be true, but the effect our modern writing is different than the effect writing had on the Greeks. In using the Internet as a way to communicate and argue our points and claims, we are lsoing our ability to practice these moves in face-to-face interaction. Our reasoning that this is dissenting is that we are trying to show how limited Thompson's argument is. It does not extend to any other ideas.

Rodney, Kiefer, Mariah, Cassandra, Areisha, Scarlet