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• Change
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• High School
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• Student
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• Technology

Are social media and the Web rewiring our brains?
Is 'change' the same as 'ruin', as the infographic below might suggest? It is certainly the contention of Nicholas Carr in his book The Shallows, and some other commentators, that our brains are being rewired by the Web and social media, and not always in a good way.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6880

Total change: how digital communication is changes teens
Today's Western high school students are the first generation to have grown up with digital technology in their homes from birth. The first therefore to have their brains rewired, for better or worse, by 24/7 digital communication. This video and more detailed and insightful accompanying article give a stark picture of these changes.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/4168

Digital media are rewiring our brains, says author and researcher
Researcher and author Nicholas Carr has written extensively about the way the Web is rewiring our brains so that we cannot concentrate on longer-lasting tasks such as reading a book.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/2390

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