''The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains'', published in the United Kingdom as ''The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember'', is a 2010 book by the American journalist
Nicholas G. Carr
Nicholas G. Carr (born 1959) is an American writer who has published books
and articles on technology, business, and culture. His book '' The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains'' was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Ge ...
. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, the book expands on the themes first raised in "
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
''Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains!'' (alternatively ''Is Google Making Us Stoopid?'') is a magazine article by technology writer Nicholas G. Carr, and is highly critical of the Internet's effect on cognition. ...
", Carr's 2008 essay in ''
The Atlantic'', and explores the effects of the Internet on the brain. The book claims research shows "online reading" yields lower comprehension than reading a printed page. ''The Shallows'' was a finalist for the 2011
Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.
[Tenner, E. (2010)]
No Brainer?
''The Wilson Quarterly'', 34(4): 92-95.
Impact
The band
I Like Trains released a 2012 concept album, ''
The Shallows'', influenced by the book.
See also
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Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
''Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television'' is a 1978 book by Jerry Mander, "who argues that many of the problems with television are inherent in the medium and technology itself, and thus cannot be reformed".
Mander was an advertiser f ...
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References
Additional reading
*Brown, Tiffany Lee (2011)
Depth Matters Original print publication: ''
Plazm (magazine)
''Plazm'' magazine has been published since 1991 by a collective of designers, writers, and others in Portland, Oregon, United States. The complete catalog of ''Plazm'' magazine is included in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum o ...
'', Issue #30, 2011.
*Carr, N. (2010)
The Juggler's Brain ''The Phi Delta Kappan'', 92(4): 8-14.
*Horgan, J. (June 4, 2010)
So Many Links, So Little Time. ''Wall Street Journal''. 255(129): A17.
*Temple, J. (June 12, 2011)
'Shallows': Nicholas Carr on information overload ''San Francisco Chronicle''. E1.
External links
W. W. Norton & Company
Works by Nicholas G. Carr
2010 non-fiction books
Books about the Internet
W. W. Norton & Company books
Books about hyperreality
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