The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember

By N. Carr. 2010

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Are Social Media Ruining Our Lives? A Review of Meta-Analytic Evidence (2019, background): “Numerous popular science books, newspaper articles, and blog posts have highlighted the supposedly negative consequences that intense social media use has on individuals and societies as a whole (e.g., Carr, 2010; Lanier, 2018; Turkle, 2011; Twenge, 2017a, 2017b).”
Engineering Education in the Era of ChatGPT: Promise and Pitfalls of Generative AI for Education (2023, background): “In the past, researchers have questioned how Google would impact education; whether it is making us wiser or more shallow [10]; and if at all we need a teacher in these times [11].”
How we think: digital media and contemporary technogenesis (2014, background): “For instance, she directly challenges the conclusions of Nicholas Carr (2010) who draws on a wide and eclectic body of research to argue that the Internet is ‘ re-wiring ’ our brains to ill-effect on literacy, consciousness, memory, etc. Hayles ’ ‘ adaptation ’ approach also contrasts with the emerg”