I would like a rough draft by the 27th, and then I would like to send revision/full outline due October 3rd.
Jean Twenge, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation”
Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, et al., “The Metamorphosis”
Kevin Drum, “You Will Lose Your Job to a Robot . . .”
Sam Dean and Johana Bhuiyan, “Why are Black and Latino people still kept out of the tech industry?”
Bruce Schneier, “How we sold our souls–and more–to the internet giants.”
– create a thesis statement that makes a strong, original, and arguable claim about the influence of technology on the individual and/or society, supported by concrete evidence from the two texts you select.
– compare and contrast 2 of these essays
– use 3 – 4 quotes and intext cite them
– use of at least 5 compare/contrast words:
Comparison
Along the same lines
In the same way
Likewise
Similarly
Contrast
By contrast
Conversely
Despite the fact that
Nevertheless
On the contrary
Although
Even though
– works cited mla
– identify a sub-topic within the broader realm of “technology” (like data collection, personal privacy/security, or social development, ), make an arguable claim about it, and support that claim with evidence.
– a strong, original title