nicholas Carr essay, “How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds” (597)
1) What is Nicholas Carr saying about the effects of smartphone use on the human mind? What evidence does he provide to support his view?
2) What possible objections to his own position does Carr introduce–and why do you think he does so? How effectively does he address naysayers (Chapter 6)?
justin Vinh essay, “Social Media: The Screen, the Brain, and Human Nature” (607)
3) What is Justin Vinh’s thesis?
4) List naysayers Vinh inserts into the essay and how he responds to them.
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