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Unit 3 Internet and Our Life Text Analysis I. Background information 1. About the author A highly acclaimed writer, Nicholas Carr is a visiting professor of sociology at Williams College in Massachusetts and was the former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review . His works focus on the intersection of technology, economics, and culture and many of his books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. In 2015, he received the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity from the Media Ecology Association. 2. About the text The abridged article was originally published in the July/August 2008 edition of The Atlantic. It was collected in several anthologies, including The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The Best Spiritual Writing, and The Best Technology Writing. In 2010, it was developed into a book entitle The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, which won the Pulitzer Prize finalist. II. General analysis of the text In the text, the author, while acknowledging the conveniences of the Internet, reflects on the negative effects of the Internet on his own thinking and reading habits. The author introduces the theme of the text by citing his own example, in which he mentions that he was unable to do deep reading. He then elaborates on the conveniences which the Internet has brought him, such as saving him the trouble of searching for information in libraries. The author then continues to cite his own examples and examples of others to illustrate the far-reaching negative influences on people ’s thinking and reading patterns. However, despite the changes in their thinking and reading habits due to the Internet, which have obviously made them uncomfortable, they wouldn ’t go ba