Category: Google
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“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr: Summary
In his article, Is Google Making us Stupid, Nicholas Carr describes the main traps people can fall into actively using the Internet. The world web gives countless opportunities; however, it damages people’s perception of the world and brings inconveniences. Carr is correct, the Internet causes users’ multiple problems: it affects their attention, cognitive abilities, personal…
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Rhetorical Analysis: Google Analytics App
Table of Contents Audience Purpose Context Author Genre Reference Audience The genre selected for the present analysis is a knowledge base article. The chosen source is a support page for Google’s Analytics application (“How can we help you?” n.d.). The intended audience is represented by the users of the Google Analytics app, which means the…
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Google Company Analysis: Strategies and Issues
Introduction Google was created to provide all information to the world freely through the organization of the same and being good unless otherwise. Google later launched Gmail which was supposed to compete with yahoo but it was more customized and designed for its contents. The contents for the search were more improved to help users…
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Getting Your Information: Google Search Features
The search formulated as Stress site: Nature.com provides links to numerous publications about stress on the website of the scholarly journal Nature. These publications mainly focus on either high levels of stress found in contemporary society or the neural mechanisms involved (“Stress,” 2020). The search reveals that stress occupies a prominent place in the minds…
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Influence of Google in Modern Societies
Technology innovation has transformed the modern lifestyles of individuals in many communities. I agree with Nicholas Carr that Google is making us stupid by assuming cognitive functions that facilitate effective decision-making. Activities done with hardship in the past are now easy to execute with technology invention in devices and application systems. Nonetheless, this discussion aims…
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Google Search Reliability as a Research Tool
Table of Contents Intellectual Virtues Google Search Reliability Search Providers and Epistemic Responsibility Analysis of Wikipedia Entry Reference List Google Search is a universal information search tool used by millions of people. Many scholars agree that Google Search is also a useful research tool (Miller and Record, 2017). But this tool has drawbacks and limitations,…
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The Google Platform’s Impact on People
Nowadays, the Internet plays a vital role in everybody’s lives. People use it daily to find answers to the most common questions, find a recipe, browse the nearby coffee shops, or order a book. Google is one of the biggest search engines and might give a billion responses to any kind of question. However, with…
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Google Search vs. EBSCO Information Services
Table of Contents Abstract Widespread of web sources Google Search Scholarly sources Google vs EBSCO host Conclusion Reference List Abstract The following work is devoted to the investigation of modern ways of getting information. Possibilities of a web search system are analyzed and compared with possibilities of a web library which also gives access to…
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Response to Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
The idea of advanced technology simplifying the process of interacting with information as something to be aware of has been around for centuries, creating a divide within communities. Thus, the pushback that innovative digital technology received at the time of its conception and introduction into the market was to be expected. However, even though substantial…
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Google’s Emerging Web Technologies
The use of applications is an inherent part of one’s everyday smartphone experience. People play games, shop, and complete banking operations using apps, and their quality of speed determines the comfort of users and their desire to open the application again. Thus, it is beneficial for businesses to develop websites and apps that are fast,…