Post your rhetorical precis for the article "Everything Bad is Good for You." You can find the precis on our Honors 10 page under Fahrenheit 451. You can listen to the article online by clicking the link below:
Steve Inskeep in his interview with Stevenson John discuss how the media today is affecting society. Inskeep and most people would say that today's generation is dumber than the previous. However, John claims that shows and such from now are actually helping viewers improve their social networking skills. He compares two shows from now and then, and it proves to be true that the more recent show has much more complexity. This interview is meant to open the eyes of the older folk, inform them that tv is not that bad. In fact, it is helping this day's generation in way's the elders can't understand.
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Yesenia Garcia
3/29/2014 07:23:58 am
Steve Inskeep, in his radio station, interviews Steve Johnson about his book, "Everything bad is good for you." In this interview, they discuss wether society is getting dumber or smater. Inskeep believes that society is dumber than before, but Johnson explains that they are actually smater due to the complexity of t.v. shows that people now days watch. The authors purpose is to inform the audience and public that having t.v. shows be more complex than before is better in the intelligence of the society. The interview was in a formal tone for the audience to know that the information said is true and not something made up.
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Susana Gonzalez
4/1/2014 10:56:38 am
Steve Inskeep in his interview with Steven Johnson discuss how media in present times is affecting society. Inskeep and mostly the public claim that today's generation is getting dumber by the minute due to media. But Johnson argues that Tv shows are actually helping people get smarter due to the complexity and the patterns they contain, that allow us to use our cognitive side in order to think more. The authors purpose is to inform us that having Tv shows with more complexity within them is actually helpful and better for the intelligence of society. The interview was in a formal tone in order to prove to the audience that the data given or stated is literal and statistically true.
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Lady Panfilo
4/1/2014 11:13:42 am
Steven Inskeep in his radio station is talking to Steven Johnson and they both discuss about how media is affecting people today. John says that today's shows are helpful to people. Also that some shows help us to be successful in life. He states that most of humans today do multiple tasks at the same time and that helps us a lot because we late on can connect this tasks in a meaningful way. This interview was to prove to people that TV help us in life and it is not bad. That TV can connect with moderate life and help us to be successful in life.
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Felix Arambula
4/1/2014 01:03:30 pm
Steve Inskeep, in the interview with Steven Johnson about his book "Everything Bad Is Good For You," asserts that Americans are getting dumber, but Johnson argues that Americans are actually getting smarter and not dumber. Steve Inskeep supports his assertion by stating the media shortens people's attention span and therefore, are unable to focus on one thing, which is a problem because it can make you "dumber?" Steve Johnson supports his arguement by stating that when people watch television that they are focusing on multiple pieces of information and putting them together, which can make you smarter, in a way. Steve Inskeep's purpose is to point out that some negative affects can arise from the media so that we are aware of the minor consequences. Steve Johnson's purpose is to inform us that by doing everyday things such as watching television can help us because we are using our brains in an intelligent way without even thinking, and that makes us feel more relaxed and comfortable when we do those everyday activities. Steve Inskeep speaks in a formal manner to Steve Johnson and to us, while Steven Johnson speaks in a bit of a defensive and formal matter to us and to Steve Inskeep.
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Anahi Ramon
4/1/2014 01:10:48 pm
Steven Inskeep in his radio discusses with Steven Johnson and talk about how the media is affecting our generation. But Johnson argues that the media is actually helping the people to become smarter and could be really successful in life. He mentions that now a days people do multiple tasks at the same time and helps us in the future. The purpose for the interview was to prove to people that the media can help us in life and how it ca connect us with moderate life in order to become successful.
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Oscar Torres-Soria
4/1/2014 01:13:57 pm
Steven Johnson in the interview, "Everything Bad is Good for You" argues that the media is affecting the intelligence of people and/or society. Johnson supports his argument by stating how modern day shows are actually improving social networking skills of society. Although shows back then did not really help the public at all. The author's purpose is to inform those who grew up with old shows that modern day tv is not bad, but on the contrary, it is helping new generations for the future.
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Belen Robles
4/1/2014 01:21:23 pm
The article 'Everything Bad Is Good For You,' shows an interview conducted by Steven Inskeep towards Mr.Steven Johnson who discusses his book, Everything Bad Is Good For You, which argues that the new found complexity of television programs and even video games has forced people to use higher cognitive skills due to their intricacy, which has helped make this generation smarter. Johnson supports his claim by explaining how plots in television shows have been more complex as suppose to older shows and how that causes people to connect various information on the TV shows, which demonstrates a higher level of thinking. The authors purpose is to show how the more complex story lines cause people to think more and how we as generations have evolved from basic to elaborate because that's what we are more interested in. Steve Inskeep and Steven Johnson discuss in a formal, friendly, matter of fact kind of tone for the people who hear the interview.
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Victor Esteban
4/1/2014 01:29:58 pm
Mr. Johnson in the book review, “Everything bad for you is good”, claims that tv is not making Americans dumber but smarter. Mr. Johnson supports his idea by explaining how tv episodes help our brain understand and develop better. The author’s purpose is to point out that modern is not as bad as it seems due to the reason that it helps us to get smarter and it helps us to categorize things. The author writes in an informal tone for the ins keep.
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Brian Vidal
4/1/2014 02:13:51 pm
In an interview hosted by Steve Inskeep for NPR Radio, he talks with Steve Johnson about his book titled, "Everything Bad Is Good For You". In this interview, Steve Johnson argues that TV Shows are actually helping people become smarter instead of becoming dumber. He supports his argument by saying TV Shows have a tendency to make people "...focus on multiple pieces of information and making them connect to each other in a meaningful way." This gets people thinking, therefore becoming smarter with the knowledge they have gathered through the use of TV. The author's purpose is to show people that TV is not all that bad, and it can actually help a society become smarter depending on the kinds of TV Shows they are watching.
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Michael Ponce
4/1/2014 02:28:24 pm
NPR host Steve Inskeep interviews that "Everything Bad is Good for You" argues that our culture seems to get dumber, Americans are getting smarter. Inskeep supports his argument using old tv shows by giving examples on how they have evolved in complexity. The authors purpose is to suggest that Americans are gaining knowledge from watching tv. The author interviews in a friend tone to make audience feel smart.
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Alexander Trujillo
4/1/2014 02:30:35 pm
Steve Inskeep in the radio interview with author Steven Johnson about this book "Everything Bad is Good for You" argues about over the year, social media has brought a change to the mental state of people and that it actually made humans smarter. Johnson supports his claim by explaining how TV series and their plots have change to a more complex ways with is good because it makes propel think in a high level. For this action it causes an increase of cognition to the people. The author's purpose is to show how complex plots causes people to think more about the situation to captivate better on the topic of media. Both Steve Inskeep and Steven Johnson discuss in an informal tone for the people who are listening in to the interview.
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Tania Celestino
4/1/2014 02:32:34 pm
Steve Inskeep in his interview with Stevenson John discuss how society is being affected by the media. Inskeep believes that the generations are becoming dumb. However, Johnson argues that the media is helping the public improve their skills by comparing the before and after media and explaining how the shows are now more complex.The interview was in a formal tone in order to have credibility with the audience.
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Fatima Romero
4/1/2014 02:42:12 pm
Steve Inskeep in the interview with Steven Johnson discuss of his book entitled, "Everything Bad is Good For You", claims that television is actually helping today's society become more intellectual. Johnson supports his argument by explaining how the complexity of today's T.V show makes the audience, in this case society, are able to connect more key points of the plot of the show compared to the old shows that were more simple and easy to follow. The author's purpose is to inform people that watching television can improve by putting our minds to work while watching the show.
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Ashley Guerrero
4/1/2014 02:49:20 pm
Mr. Johnson in review of the novel, "Everything Bad is Good for you" that explains how what we see as bad, may actually have a positive effect on us as a generation. Johnson sustains his argument by explaining how out generation, compared to thus of the old generation, has grown much more intellectually. The generation then followed, very vague and simple plot lines in television shows, that is what the population enjoyed meaning that as a society even if there still are some rather asinine shows, we are still able to keep up with harsh plot lines. The author's purpose is to inform the reader that, not everything that is seen as bad is actually "bad".
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Heidi Ramos
4/1/2014 03:15:50 pm
Steven Inskeep in his radio station is talking to Steven Johnson and they both talk about how media is affecting people today better than before and he is using shows from back then and now and telling us the differences of them. John basically states that shows from today are helpful to people. Also how shows can help us be more successful in life because they are challenging our brains and teaching us important lessons. He also states that most of humans today do multiple tasks at the same time and that helps us a lot because we late on can connect this tasks in a meaningful way. This interview was basically to show that TV isn't bad and even though a lot of people say its bad, it actually helps us, especially visual learners. That is why I think that he wrote "everything bad is good for you". To show that not everything that you think is bad is actually good.
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Bryan Amaro
4/1/2014 03:53:38 pm
Steven Johnson's interview of his book, Everything Bad Is God For You, suggests that the media is actually very helpful for people. Johnson supports his suggestion by describing that media, like television shows and video games, may have a connection with IQ scores rising for generations. The author's purpose is to point out that because television shows have become more complex for us to understand the plot, it increases their intelligence as well as video games having many puzzles for people to solve. The interview was shown as a formal tone for everyone to think twice about how these types of media can actually be helpful and can even make them successful in their life.
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Jennifer Chupin
4/1/2014 04:28:27 pm
In the article, " Everything baf is good for you", by Steven Johnson, it has this overall them on how media today is affecting us on the way we live. He brings a point where he states that many childrem now decide to play video games and do things that involve electronics. It is completely different than the way he describes growing up. He mentions that he grew up with really terrible children show, but that's the way he grew up and he cannot change it. Now children are exposed to some pretty showy content but don't appreciate what they have. He is trying to prove a point between the kids before 2000 and the kids after the year 200.
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Yesenia Ramirez
4/1/2014 04:30:08 pm
In Steve Inskeep's interview with Steven Johnson, author of 'Everything Bad is Good For You' there are claims that modern media is effecting society in a postive way. Johnson supports his claim by explaining how the content does not matter , because the more you think the smarter ones brain works. He believes that media now is more complex which helps us master the skill of focusing on multiple pieces of information. The author's purpose is to show how today's popular culture makes us think more than before. Basically , the more random and crazy one thing is , the better it is to remember is what Johnson is trying to point out to society. The author writes in a formal tone for everyone whom reads this interview to demonstrate how the evolution of media might cause positive changes like success.
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Jocelyne Ramirez
4/1/2014 04:56:40 pm
In the article, "Everything Bad is Good For You' by Steve Inskeep he explores the idea that perhaps different forms of media today is affecting society in a positive way. Inskeep, suggest this theory by giving examples of TV shows from back then and from now-how they differentiate- and explains that plot lines today are much more entertaining than the predictable plot lines from back then. The author's purpose is to point out that with the unpredictability of shows today are much more entertaining because society is more cognitive and has to think about what is happening and predict what may happen next. Steve Inkeep expresses his ideas as an eyeopener that lets many readers know that perhaps modern media is not as bad as what people make it seem to be, and perhaps is helping society think even more than before.
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Leticia Diaz
4/1/2014 05:40:24 pm
In Steven Johnson's interview entitled "Everything Bad Is Good For You" he argues "that even as our culture seems to get dumber, Americans are getting smarter." Johnson validates his claim by explaining that modern T.V shows are now requiring more thinking skills then they did in the past. He explains how in the past complicated shows would be taken off the air because they were hard an unpredictable. With this claim Johnson tries to prove that recent tv shows don't only require analyzation but understanding of other sources to understand certain humor or scenes in a play. New shows are requiring more cognitive skills that us increasing our IQ. The author writes in a formal tone to relate to the anti-television grown ups who think television only brings upon a negative effect.
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Joshua Vissoni
4/2/2014 12:20:56 am
In Steve Inskeep's interview with Steven Johnson, author of 'Everything Bad is Good For You' Johnson argues how the complexity in our modern culture make today's consumers sharper. Johnson supports his argument by comparing movies today to movies in the 1900's. He details how the movies then used to be predictable and and even describes them as, "terrible terrible shows." With his claim Johnson attempts to prove how television is actually making our IQs rise since the change from simple to complex.
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Jonathan Velasco
4/2/2014 01:19:21 am
In the article, " Everything Bad Is Good For You", by Steve Inskeep, Inskeep claims that people are not getting dumber but smarter because of the new TV shows that do not even relate to real life. Inskeep supports his claim by explaining the complexity of TV shows. For example, when we watch a show like "Jersey Shore", its complexity is what makes us sharper. We have to remember everything that happens in a show to understand what is currently going on, maybe except for "Jersey Shore." The author's purpose is to throw it out in the world to show that the watching of these TV shows and Playing videogames is not only bad for a n individual. It can also be good for them. The author writes in a formal tone for the people that are constantly sitting on their couch eating "Cheeto Puffs" watching TV or playing videogames telling them that they are not becoming dumber by the second.
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Mrs. Navarro
4/4/2014 07:25:12 am
What a specific audience! I doubt those people listen to NPR broadcasts, but I appreciate your sarcasm.