Mass media and the internet have caused people’s attention spans to get shorter. However, the overall effect has been positive: while people are less able to focus on one thing, they more than make up for it with an enhanced ability to sort through lar

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Mass media and the internet have caused people’s attention spans to get shorter. However, the overall effect has been positive: while people are less able to focus on one thing, they more than make up for it with an enhanced ability to sort through large quantities of information and find what’s important.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons or examples that could be used to challenge your position.

The author's claim on the mass media influence on the the peoples' attentions and the reason claimed for the statement made is totally agreeable. Today a knowledge of an outer world or the society is obtained only be the mass media and internet. Hence there is a greater influence of such mass media and the internet on the people in drawing their attention. Due to the easier access of these internet, news, mass media, there are apparently greater amount information in each and every filed and this may make the peoples' attention shorter across such news abundance. Hence as per the author's claim, that even the mass media is influencing the people, its effect are positive can be accepted.

Firstly, in the contemporary world, with the advancement of the technologies, the number of crime factors are also increasing day by day. All crimes are being done in its own inimitable way such that it is also becoming harder to find out the truth behind that crime. Sometimes, these crimes are rhetorically said by these mass media people will have an adverse effect on the peoples' mind. But, however, with the increase in such crime news, there is also substantial increase in the other fields such as entertainment, sports, music and other fields. The people will always wish to watch and listen things that are soothing to the mind and body and that is the natural human tendency. Hence, with this eclectic information, the peoples' attention can be spread across all the fields and the interest can also be spanned.

Secondly, internet can be called as the second face of the mass media. The internet has all sorts of news such as crimes, entertainments, music, learning, philosophy and what not?. I believe that many people will have different will have their interests in many fields where in which the internet is helping them to enhance their knowledge. However, as said in the previous paragraph, due to the fact, that the knowledge can be drawn from different sources, the attentions are spanned across and is fortunately, still having the positive effects on the people.

Although, in the previous paragraphs it is been said that through the mass media and the internet, though people are having the positive effect, the negative effects that it is having is insidious. When a person is watching a crime news in the media or in the internet, he or she will not understand the negative thoughts that are running in their minds, which may turn them a negative person someday. The mass media and internet also has the power to make a person a pessimist. Hence, only what is important should be called forth.

Thus, in total, as author's said that since, the people have so many sorts of news in front, the effects are still being positive. However, there are also negative things that seem insidious should be avoided.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, apparently, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, still, thus, such as

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 36.0 19.5258426966 184% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 58.6224719101 82% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2349.0 2235.4752809 105% => OK
No of words: 483.0 442.535393258 109% => OK
Chars per words: 4.86335403727 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.68799114503 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52034318334 2.79657885939 90% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 215.323595506 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.434782608696 0.4932671777 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 716.4 704.065955056 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 10.0 4.99550561798 200% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.1546598997 60.3974514979 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.857142857 118.986275619 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0 23.4991977007 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.04761904762 5.21951772744 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.280972592509 0.243740707755 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0940968056892 0.0831039109588 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0625314538412 0.0758088955206 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.169532478842 0.150359130593 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0289651808485 0.0667264976115 43% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 14.1392134831 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 48.8420337079 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.2 12.1639044944 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.65 8.38706741573 91% => OK
difficult_words: 88.0 100.480337079 88% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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