Create a Well developed 7 paragraph Rhetorical Analysis essay on the text “Have smartphones destroyed a generation?” by Jean M. Twenge using the following outline. 6-11 sentences per paragraph Paragr

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01 I t was fr o m so cia l media th at I le arn ed wha t a dis a ste r so cia l med ia was.

At le ast whe n yo u a cce ss it fr o m yo ur phone.

At th e weeke nd a cle ve r acq uain ta nce , pre ssin g a po in t mad e in a T w it te r exch ange, lin ke d to an artic le in th e new edit io n of The Atla ntic mag azin e .

The auth or, J e an M Tw enge, is a pro fe sso r of psych olo gy at San Die go Sta te Univ e rs it y .

Her artic le , entit le d H ave Sm artp hones Destr o ye d a Genera tio n ?, dese rv e s th e sta tu s of a ge nre cla ssic and I'l l te ll y o u why.

I sa w my fir s t sm artp hone, th e orig in al iP ho ne, te n ye ars ago but th ough t lit tle abo ut th e s ig nif ic a nce and possib le so cia l im pact of what was, in eff e ct, a po cke t PC .

P ro fe sso r Tw enge purp orts to sh ow how th e in tr o ductio n of th e sm artp h one ha s hug ely aff e cte d t h e behavio ur of th ose born betw een 1995 and 2012 , or "iG en" as sh e ca lls th em .

(T he artic le is , w e are to ld , adapte d fr o m her new book, iG en:

Why To day's Sup er- C on necte d Kid s Are G ro w in g Up Less Rebellio us, More To le ra nt, Less Happ y — an d Com ple te ly Unpre pa re d fo r A dult h ood — and What That Means fo r th e Rest of Us to be re le ase d in th e US la te r th is month .

A nd I'm not jo kin g about th e tit le .) Tw enge open s he r arg um ent wit h a 13-y e ar-o ld Te xa n ca ll e d A th ena who la m ents th at:

"W e did n't have a ch o ic e to kn ow an y lif e wit h ou t iP ads or iP hones.

I t h in k we lik e our phones more th an we li k e actu al pe ople ." When I was 13 I li k e d alm ost a nyth in g more th an actu al people — dogs, cro ssb ow s, glo o m y po etr y — but th at ju st sh ow s th e l im it a tio n of anecd ote s.

T w enge's arg um ent, dis tille d fr o m a se rie s of su rv e ys, in te rv ie w s an d obse rv a tio n s, is th at " iG en" are "o n th e brin k of th e wors t men ta l healt h cris is in deca d es [a nd] much of th is d ete rio ra tio n ca n be tr a ce d to th eir phon es".

Most sp e cif ic a ll y , sh e cla im s th e evid ence sh ow s t h at "te ens who sp end more tim e th an ave ra g e on scre e n activ it ie s are more lik e ly to be u nhappy, and th ose who sp end more tim e th an ave ra ge on no n-s cre en activ it ie s are more lik e ly t o be happy.

There 's not a sin gle exce ptio n ." I t was dif f ic u lt to questio n her in te rp re ta tio n of th e re se arc h , a lo t of whic h was ta ke n fr o m th e U S Monit o rin g th e Futu re su rv e y whic h eve ry ye ar asks a sa m ple of te enag ers 1,0 00 questio ns.

( W ow , sa ys eve ry o ne who has eve r met a te en ager. ) But th e evid e nce to su ppo rt her ca se lo o ks v e ry odd.

Long befo re th e iP hone was in tr o duce d, all th e tr e nd s cit e d by Pro fe sso r Tw eng e had b egun.

For exa m ple , th e num ber of tim es a week th at te enag ers go out wit h ou t th eir pare nts h ad gone dow n fr o m 2.9 in 1976 to 2.3 in 2017 .

But it had alr e ady re a ch ed 2.6 in 2007 .

Why did i t dro p at all fr o m th e 1970s and in to th e 1980 s?

Bette r te lly ?

VC Rs?

Centr a l heatin g?

We'r e not t o ld .

E ve n odder is th e gra ph sh ow in g a declin e in te enag e se xu al activ it y .

In 1991 , 40 per ce nt of n in th -g ra ders (th ose aged 14 or 15) sa id th ey'd had se x.

By 20 15 th is was do w n to 22 per ce nt.

E arly se x is one of th e ke y in dic a to rs of a la ck of ch ild hood wellb e in g in all big in te rn atio nal s tu die s.

Yet here it is deplo ye d as a malig n sid e-e ff e ct of phon e use .

Yay phon es!

But is th at r e ally th e ca use ?

Pro fe sso r Tw enge's artic le has re ce iv e d ple n ty of co ve ra ge in th e med ia and , r a th er le ss pro m in ently , so m e aca dem ic crit ic is m , no t le ast fo r ch erry -p ic kin g re se arc h and c o nfu sin g co rre la tio n wit h ca usa tio n.

In Ja nua ry th is ye ar a re se arc h artic le by tw o Brit is h a ca dem ic s co nclu ded th at th e "p ote ntia l dele te rio us in flu e nce s" of sm artp hon es had not ye t b een pro perly stu die d but th at a re pre se nta tiv e sa m ple of Engli s h adole sce nts su gge ste d th at " m odera te use of dig it a l te ch nolo gy is not in tr in sic a lly harm fu l and may be adva n ta geou s in a c o nnecte d world ".

P ro fe sso r Tw enge has fo rm in th e "n ext gene ra tio n is doom ed" depa rtm ent.

Her 200 9 boo k The N arc is sis m Epid em ic sa id th at to day's yo u ng adult s are a ge nera tio n of entit le d se lf - lo ve rs , d am aged by th eir in dulg ent pare nts .

And in deed th is entir e dis cu ssio n is in fu se d wit h th e c o nsta ntly re it e ra te d-th ro ughout- th e-c e ntu rie s worry th at th e cu rr e nt in nova tio n is destr o yin g th e n ext genera tio n.

T he writ e r Pam ela Ere ns su m med up th is sch o ol of th ough t as "F act 'A ' Seem s Lik e It Sho uld L ead to Eff e ct 'B ' … There fo re It Must" .

Nove ls and eve n cro ssw ord s, it was once se rio usly b elie ve d, would kill th e art of co nve rs a tio n an d do ir r e pa ra b le da m ag e to fa m il y lif e .

VC R s wou ld d estr o y fa m ily vie w in g.

My fa vo urit e is th e mora l panic ove r th e sp re ad of bic ycli n g in th e la te 1 9th ce ntu ry .

"E xce ssiv e use of bic ycle fa ta l" ra n a bre ath le ss New York Tim es he adli n e above a r e port in to th e death of a yo ung te ach er in 1887 .

The co ro ner ru le d th at May Bre w er die d as a r e su lt of "e xce ssiv e bic ycle rid in g".

B ack in 1994, when my old est gir ls were ve ry sm all, I went th ro u gh a "c o m mun it a ria n" perio d of w orry in g about th e va rio us th re ats to my to ts .

That ye ar Oliv e r Sto ne bro ught out his film Natu ra l B orn Kille rs .

The movie , em erg in g at th e sa m e tim e as th e "v id e o nasty " pa nic , pro m pte d a s e rie s of re ports and artic le s about co pyca t kille rs an d vio le nt am ora lit y .

To me it sto od to re aso n t h at vio le nce depic te d as gra phic and attr a ctiv e would le ad to a dese n sit is a tio n of dang ero us y o ung men and le ad to mayh em .

I f I'd been writ in g a new sp aper co lu m n in th ose days I'd have pre dic te d a killi n g sp re e and ca ll e d f o r actio n.

Fortu nate ly I did n't and was sp are d th e em barr a ssm ent of bein g co ntr a dic te d by 20 y e ars of declin in g le ve ls of vio le nt crim e.

W hat's re ally in te re stin g here is th e psych olo gic a l need we se em to have to worr y abou t th e n ext genera tio n and it s fa ilin gs, and to dis co ve r a lu rk in g ca ta str o p he in an yth in g th at make s our l iv e s easie r or more ple asu ra ble .

You mig ht ca ll it th e "tw eng e of anxie ty ".

P art of it is about adapta tio n:

each nove lt y re q uir e s an adju stm ent in be havio ur and etiq ue tt e so t h ere 's alw ays a perio d of doubt.

Me, I lo ve my iP hone, but I'm not addic te d to it and I'v e le a rn t h ow to use it .

If I ca n, anyo ne ca n.

P art is nosta lg ia :

don't yo u ju st lo ng fo r th e da ys when yo u mig ht ha ve got yo ur te ena ge g ir lf r ie nd pre gnant?

That was excit in g.

Auth e ntic .

Te rr if y in g .

A nd part is about guilt .

Can yo u re ally be a rig hte ous pers o n and ord er yo ur din n er by pho ne to a rriv e at yo ur house at th e sa m e tim e as yo u driv e up in yo u r phon e-o rd e re d ca b?

Sure ly yo u w ill be str u ck dow n fo r yo ur syb arit ic sin s.

For is She no t a tw en gefu l God?

N atu ra l Born Kille rs , re le ase d in 1994, fu elle d fe ars abou t 'v id eo na stie s' S ourc e :

Tim es, The (U nit e d Kin gdom ), Aug 10, 2017 , p2 7 1 p It e m :

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