Intertextual Map

This assignment really helped me sort out and organized my work as well as my mind as in which topics should be where. This was a big part of what helped me structure my paper.

1. Key points discussed
1. Cognitive Effects of Technology
1. Ives, Eugenia A.
1. Contributed to the discussion by examining and better understanding the social cognitive effects of digital technology on teenagers’ brains and their socialization processes, and learned the practices with regard to digital consumption. She also discussed conduction extensive literature reviews on the social cognitive effects of digital technology on teenagers.
2. 2012.
2. Cavanaugh, Michael J.
1. He illustrates how our world of advancing technology negatively affects the cognitive development of students  and presents his evidence showing that while digital wallowing offer some selective cognitive benefits, there are many drawbacks showing that the cognitive functions are being rewired to read, learn, think differently.
2. 2015.
2. Social and Emotional Costs on the Adolescents Brain
1. DeWeese, Katherine Lynn
1. Lynn brought a lot of questions to the discussion and she provided her own answers by doing an experiment. She analyzed how a certain amount of screen time was affecting adolescents’ brains’ health and overall development.
2. 2014.
2. George, Madeleine J.
1. George’s discusses the seven fears she establishes that parents have when their children are surfing online and using social media accounts. She identifies and proves at the constant uses of digital technology is harmful towards young adults.
2. 2015.
3. Retrogression of Critical Thinking
1. Rubin, Jim
1. Explores how the ability to use critical thinking processes that relates to exposure of modern technology by stating two factors in his findings that are 1) a significant change to the motivations that drive creativity in today’s society, and 2) changes in synaptic brain functions from using digital technology cripple the physical ability to innovate.
2. 2012.
2. Yienger, Maria E.
1. Discusses the negative implications that the overuse of technology has on reading and learning on students. She claims that children’s exposure to technology should be limited because of the developments that might occur in their later years.
2. 2016.