Rhetoric of Explanation a Trend in Technology and Society
I have prepared a research memorandum that discusses some significant issues related to the impact of the Internet and the new social media and society. In this memo, I have addressed some key problems such as whether the new technology is ‘dumbing down' young people and the education system, and culture and society in general. Certainly it has had a severe impact on the older print technologies, including book publishing, newspapers and magazines, which have had to go online in order to survive. It is also changing the education system and the way information is being processed, making these more visually oriented.
There are major ethical issues with privacy and confidentiality concerns, particularly in medical and psychiatric records, since any information that exists in digital form can be posted on the Internet and sent to mobile phones and computers. Indeed, this is true with almost any type of confidential records held by governments and business organizations.
Memoir commentary and critical analysis
This is a series of four papers that are reactions and comments on four different memoirs. The memoirs vary in tone, style, and content. A few are well-written, but each of them has something unique to offer. The commentaries offer a critique--sometimes scathing--of the writing style, grammar, and other elements of the narrative.