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.
In today's era, the advent of technology has played a vital role in bringing about a change in the way we consume information. With faster internet speed, cheap data plans, easy access to material the world indeed has become a smaller place.
Usage of internet has surged in this fourth industrial revolution after becoming popular during the dot com bubble. Now, we can read newspapers, subscribe to magazines, share message forwards at the click of a button. This has led to decreased attention span for many people. With this plethora of information, one is not able to fully comprehend the matter being discussed as the focus has shifted to being more relevant. The focus should be on quality not quantity of information being generated and consumed. In the long run, this will enable us concentrate on imperative matters appropriately.
Most media companies now operate 24x7 news channels as previously compared to certain time slots for news broadcasting on a particular channel. Even though more information is being sent out, is it really having a positive effect on the viewer? Similarly, radio shows and other mass media channels are putting out too much content, in fear of competition but the essence of the content is lost. Even the most adept learners will be puzzeled in this maze. If only the most relevant information were to be shared, then we could have seen an encouraging result in terms of data comprehension.
Even though, sorting through large quantities of information and finding what's important can help in improving knowledge of a particular individual, the correctness of facts is of utmost importance. Regular checks by the concerned authorities should take place if not already initiated to ensure that no fake information is being circulated. At the same time, one should be wary of the source of the information.
In this globalised world, the internet has brought us together by bridging gaps in communication. Keeping ourselves in check about the information we consume has become more important so that we do not compromise on our attention span and learning ability.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: what's
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, really, similarly, so, then
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 14.8657303371 34% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 2.0 11.3162921348 18% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 18.0 33.0505617978 54% => OK
Preposition: 53.0 58.6224719101 90% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1770.0 2235.4752809 79% => OK
No of words: 345.0 442.535393258 78% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.13043478261 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.3097767484 4.55969084622 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89154806281 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 212.0 215.323595506 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.614492753623 0.4932671777 125% => OK
syllable_count: 554.4 704.065955056 79% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.3029519597 60.3974514979 60% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.3333333333 118.986275619 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.1666666667 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.0 5.21951772744 38% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.129373525274 0.243740707755 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0384166877229 0.0831039109588 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0348597883821 0.0758088955206 46% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0641962919866 0.150359130593 43% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0226513796026 0.0667264976115 34% => 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: 12.3 14.1392134831 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.8420337079 107% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.47 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.88 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 100.480337079 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => 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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