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.
Mass media and the internet has resulted in shorter attention spans which is disadvantageous for people. Although the overall effect is positive, the disadvantages cannot be ignored and may have long term effects which cannot be identified today.
Firstly, the paragraph states that people have an enhanced ability to identify information that is more important for them. However, this is not possible if the person does not have pre-requisite knowledge on the topics. Psychologists believe that short attention spans can be harmful for learning, because, students are expected to attend several classes in a day, will not be able to concentrate and learn if their attention span is less than 5 minutes.
The criteria for finding important information may also vary with people. For instance, let us consider the task of searching for a new house. Privacy is the criteria for searching newly wed couples, but it could be the proximity to a good school for parents.
Most of the occupations demands a lot of attention span. For example, Surgeons must have unwavering attention while performing a surgery; Any distraction can be detrimental for the patient. Similarly, Policemen need to be attentive and must be quick to respond for any situation which may arise. Psychologists say that it would be difficult to perform for these vital jobs, if the mass media and the internet cause to have the same effect.
Hence, reduction of attention span of people may not be an ideal solution. It may have side effects which are harmful in the long term.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 201, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error -- use past participle here: 'termed'.
Suggestion: termed
...ges cannot be ignored and may have long term effects which cannot be identified toda...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, may, similarly, so, while, for example, for instance, in short
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 14.8657303371 40% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 12.0 33.0505617978 36% => OK
Preposition: 18.0 58.6224719101 31% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1300.0 2235.4752809 58% => More number of characters wanted.
No of words: 255.0 442.535393258 58% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.09803921569 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.99608801488 4.55969084622 88% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83167126771 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 146.0 215.323595506 68% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.572549019608 0.4932671777 116% => OK
syllable_count: 402.3 704.065955056 57% => syllable counts are too short.
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 6.24550561798 32% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 4.38483146067 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 20.2370786517 69% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.8815334054 60.3974514979 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.8571428571 118.986275619 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.2142857143 23.4991977007 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.78571428571 5.21951772744 149% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 10.2758426966 39% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.284383936815 0.243740707755 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.104817324071 0.0831039109588 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0598704878029 0.0758088955206 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.16170796788 0.150359130593 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0528892218256 0.0667264976115 79% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 14.1392134831 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.3 12.1639044944 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 69.0 100.480337079 69% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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