Essay Overview: Now that you have completed the readings, discussions, and reflections on technology, smartphones, and social media, you will write an essay where you take a position on the topic and then defend your position. You will complete this essay in parts: Brainstorming exercise Outlining exercise First Draft Second Draft Final Draft Select Your Essay Question Essay #2: Picking a side and defending it For your final essay you will respond to the following prompt: Do you think that social media/smartphones/technology make our lives better or worse (choose one stance) than if we existed without them? Please thoroughly explain and defend your answer. Essay Requirements: Base your essay on at least 2 of the following sources: Schmidt and Cohen “Our Future Selves” Jean Twenge “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation” Noreen Malone “Zoe and the Trolls” Jesse Daniels “Twitter and White Supremacy, A Love Story” Kenneth Goldsmith “Wasting Time on the Internet” Additional sources of information: Your own ideas, explanation, and observations
