Google: Too Much Information???

By: Katie Greenwell

In today’s society we fully rely on technology to get us from “point a” to “point b.” There is one helpful site that does almost everything for people all around the world, better known as Google. According to Nicholas Carr in the book, The Digital Divide, he asks the question, “What Is the Internet Doing to Our Brains?” Another blogger by the name of Bruce Friedman, regularly comments about the use of computers in medicine, also has described how the Internet has altered his mental habits.” Friedman says, “I now have almost totally lost the ability to read and absorb a longish article on the Web or in print.” The importance for the Internet is to obtain information that one might need to get from “point a” to “point b,” but for Google, the cite feeds and gives you everything and more that you need.

The graph below shows you the different search engines for researching a specific topic. Shows that 87.9% of Internet users choose Google. This is a very popular search engine for people all around the world.



The image below show even what apps you can get on Google, so many options, just for one search engine.




Google today has become more technologically advanced due to the scholars who are putting their work on Google so that it may be accessible to students who not only want to obtain sources from a factual database.

Today, people do say we are from the “dumbest generation,” but I beg to differ just because we have excessive use to the Internet does not mean we have to use the Internet as a source. We can look to other resources for sources for any topic, for instance a factual database like a university. Students, faculty, and staff here at TCU are known for obtaining their sources from the TCU database coming from the library. I believe that the library is a good source for information not only for research sources but also for outside sources non-relative to school. In conclusion I do not believe that we are the “dumbest generation,” but instead like to call our generation technologically challenged.


Sources
The book- Digital Divide
Voluntary Simplicity