For the articles I chose to review for this post I picked Multitasking Damages Your Brain And Career, A New Article Suggest by Travis Bradberry and Four This Social Media Can Teach You About College Writing– And One Thing It Can’t by Ann N. Amicucci.
Bradberry’s article focuses on what issues may arise when a person multitasks and mentions how it can not only negatively affect a person’s work performance but also how it can affect someone cognitively, and even neurologically. I can say for certain, based on my personal experiences, that multitasking does indeed diminish the quality of your work. Even though it’s easier to multitask than before, thanks to technology, and even though multitasking is very tempting, since time restraints are such a common issue, it doesn’t make the option to multitask a good one.
Amicucci’s essay explains how one could compose their college writing by looking at the process through the lens of composing a social media post. I think that this essay explains what many writing instructors have told students– such as knowing your target audience– but in a way that’s easier for students to visualize and relate to since she relies on a medium that many are familiar with. This I can appreciate since real world examples and comparisons like this make concepts like rhetorical devices in academic writing a lot more engaging and easier to comprehend for me. This article can remind students how they could apply certain rhetorical aspects of social media to academic writing in an effective way.
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