Cell phones are changing the way people are interacting with each other. Cell phones, while keeping people connected all over the world, isolates us from the people who are physically present in the moment. People shut themselves off of physical human contact in favor of chatting or typing away on their cell phones.
In the articles “How Cell Phones Are Killing Face-to-Face Interactions” (Glaser, Mark. "How Cell Phones Are Killing Face-to-Face Interactions." PBS. PBS, 22 Oct. 2007. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.),“Your Smartphone May Be Powering down Your Relationship” (Kerner, Ian. "Your Smartphone May Be Powering down Your Relationship." CNN. Cable News Network, 10 Jan. 2013. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.), and "How Your Cell Phone Hurts Your Relationships" (Lin, Helen L. "How Your Cell Phone Hurts Your Relationships." Scientific American Global RSS. N.p., 4 Sept. 2012. Web. 02 Nov. 2014.), the authors made use of both sound and unsound critical reasoning to make the same point: cell phones are detrimental to interactions and relationships.
Although Glaser, Kerner and Lin all use critical reasoning in their article, Lin’s article has better critical reasoning than the other two articles because Lin uses a good balance of evidence and analysis to get her point across, whereas Glaser and Kerner uses more unsound critical reasoning than sound critical reasoning. Although Lin’s article also has unsound critical reasoning, it does not overpower the sound critical reasoning so that readers can still find the article to be a legitimate and credible analysis of how cell phones are affecting interactions and relationships. Glaser makes a slippery slope argument and uses generalizations. Kerner's article has self-selection and confirmation bias. Lin's article heavily depends on experts, but overall has the most sound logic of all three articles.
In the articles “How Cell Phones Are Killing Face-to-Face Interactions” (Glaser, Mark. "How Cell Phones Are Killing Face-to-Face Interactions." PBS. PBS, 22 Oct. 2007. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.),“Your Smartphone May Be Powering down Your Relationship” (Kerner, Ian. "Your Smartphone May Be Powering down Your Relationship." CNN. Cable News Network, 10 Jan. 2013. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.), and "How Your Cell Phone Hurts Your Relationships" (Lin, Helen L. "How Your Cell Phone Hurts Your Relationships." Scientific American Global RSS. N.p., 4 Sept. 2012. Web. 02 Nov. 2014.), the authors made use of both sound and unsound critical reasoning to make the same point: cell phones are detrimental to interactions and relationships.
Although Glaser, Kerner and Lin all use critical reasoning in their article, Lin’s article has better critical reasoning than the other two articles because Lin uses a good balance of evidence and analysis to get her point across, whereas Glaser and Kerner uses more unsound critical reasoning than sound critical reasoning. Although Lin’s article also has unsound critical reasoning, it does not overpower the sound critical reasoning so that readers can still find the article to be a legitimate and credible analysis of how cell phones are affecting interactions and relationships. Glaser makes a slippery slope argument and uses generalizations. Kerner's article has self-selection and confirmation bias. Lin's article heavily depends on experts, but overall has the most sound logic of all three articles.
Cell phone is a great invention! I totally agree with you that cell phone are changing the way people are interacting with each other. Since the creation of cell phone, people can contact others who are far away with seconds. And it can be much more convenient to communicate.
ReplyDeleteI've even heard the bee and the cellphone thing ! how it interrupts the path bees take. Good point on cellphone and the real-life relationship argument. It really has become a bigger problem to the world
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