hw 16 paper outline

THESIS

The digital age has created a new form of communication which has reduced face-to-face embodied communication and replaced it with electronic mediums; this is changing out ability to lead an individual life of free thought.

Argument 1:
My first argument addresses the use of the Internet to express thoughts, specifically blog’s and reviews. I plan on spending time discussing the how the Internet has given us a new medium to think, and interact.
I will be using the section the Internet from Everything Bad is Good For you by Steven Johnson as evidence for my first argument. I am not sure how many quotes I will use or what all of them are but I will mention his statistics on the number of people who blog, and talk to others and I think discuss that unlike other journalism the Internets personal publishing is about the people themselves.
Argument 2:
My second argument will focus on the constant contact digital mediums have caused primarily cell phones, for this section of my paper I will use two different types of evidence, my first is from my informal research project, I will use my stat that 88% of wireless subscribers in Russia sent a text message within 30 days. I think this helps in my depiction of the how big the digital method of interaction is. This also shows how connected people are. Another source I am planning on using is from my interviews. I interviewed one man who made the point of never truly being alone. Work never leaves you and people are almost always connected.
Argument 3:
My third argument is based on the idea of using technology and connection mediums, like texting and IMing even when it is not necessary. I think this a strong argument that backs up my thesis well. For evidence I am planning on using the scene in “wall-e” where two people right next to each other used a screen to talk to each other. This is a lot like some of the things we do and I think it is good evidence to make my point. Another source I am going to be using is from feed I will be quoting the various parts where Titus and violet, or any of the other characters use the feed to talk to each other instead of speaking. This I think is another good piece of evidence to help back up my thesis.

i might also add a counter argument, that we are still have to same endpoint of communication we always have the digital age has just cleared a different path to get there. i will try to find evidence of this but it might be difficult because we haven't had much sources in class supporting this argument