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.
The issue at hand brings together two of the very important topics relevant in today's era: shortening of our attention spans and the ability to filter out the nuisance and focus on what's important. It has been suggested in the passage that the ability of humans to sort through large quantities of information and find what's important has been enhanced by the media and the internet which has caused our attention spans to shorten. While, this may have some credibility to it, we have been provided with no proof or justification for this. The issue can't be regarded as entirely right or wrong and has both positive and negative aspects to it which deserve analysis.
To begin with, the author of the issue believes that our shorter attention spans have an 'overall positive effect' on us. But, by stating so, the author has conveniently overlooked many of the deleterious effects of this phenomenon. Tasks like studying algebra, learning music, creative writing, are just a few examples of tasks which require the utmost concentration. But, due to the shortened attention spans, people constantly face the urge to fiddle with their phones, check for new notifications on social networks, or scroll through an endless pit of information on many websites. Internet hasn't just made people restless, but has got many people addicted to it. Many times, people fail to notice the world around them because they are so busy updating their status on social media or observing the latest fad on the internet. Often, shortened attention spans can prove to be disastrous in many professions, such as those of engineers, architects, doctors, etc, whose one mistake could cause a faulty design in a bridge, a life threatening situation during surgery or an incorrect diagnosis. To say that the overall effect of mass media and internet is positive, despite these harmful aspects can be seriously flawed.
Moreover, if we take a closer look at the second part of the issue which discusses the enhanced ability to sort through large quantities of information to obtain what's important we are faced with a serious dilemma. Who gets to decide what's important? Many, people might consider reading about pet animals, about hiking, watching sports videos to be important while others might consider those tasks to be a sheer waste of time. Often, employees are chided by their employers for watching cat videos or scrolling through an endless supply of comic books, when they should have been working. Can such aspects be considered positive at all times? Hardly not.
What the world needs to recognize is a more balanced approach towards evaluating mass media and internet. While, such new age technology may have deleterious effects on our attention spans, they have brought the world closer together by transmitting information worldwide to everyone, by enabling easy access to information and and facilitating individual communication between people on opposite ends of the world. There are many such positive aspects to it. But, the rise of mass media and internet shouldn't be at the cost of shortening attention spans, which may lead to grave errors and lesser productivity in professions. The negative aspects can be avoided by practicing self restraint and concentrated working conditions.
To conclude, the internet and mass media have transformed our world. But to say that the resultant shortening of attention spans, mostly plays a positive role, is highly mistaken and this makes the issue at hand difficult to agree with.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, look, may, moreover, second, so, while, such as, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 23.0 14.8657303371 155% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 33.0505617978 97% => OK
Preposition: 88.0 58.6224719101 150% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2953.0 2235.4752809 132% => OK
No of words: 574.0 442.535393258 130% => OK
Chars per words: 5.14459930314 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.89472135074 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71438914609 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 290.0 215.323595506 135% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.505226480836 0.4932671777 102% => OK
syllable_count: 912.6 704.065955056 130% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 72.0650150905 60.3974514979 119% => OK
Chars per sentence: 123.041666667 118.986275619 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.9166666667 23.4991977007 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.95833333333 5.21951772744 57% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 9.0 7.80617977528 115% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
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: 0.319384111327 0.243740707755 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0809098841779 0.0831039109588 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0633968382275 0.0758088955206 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.171817602156 0.150359130593 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0510702492257 0.0667264976115 77% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.7 14.1392134831 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.8420337079 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.83 12.1639044944 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.68 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 142.0 100.480337079 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.