Annotated Bibliography & Outline

Carr Claim: 

Ability to concentrate is beginning to decrease due to the Internet.

Sub-claim: 

Does the brain really absorb and mimic what we do on the Internet?

Source: 

Pinker, Steven. "Mind Over Mass Media." The New York Times. The New York Times, 10 June 2010. Web. 22 Nov. 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/opinion/11Pinker.html?_r=0>.

How I will use this source:

I will use Pinker’s source to support my own claim and therefore go against Carr’s claim because this source challenges Carr’s text and it helps out my sub-claim.

Thompson Claim: 

Reading and writing on the Internet can help us cognitively 

Source:

Shirky, Clay. "Does the Internet Make You Smarter?" The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, 4 June 2010. Web. 22 Nov. 2014. <http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704025304575284973472694334>

How will I use this source:

To extend Thompson’s claim.