Time goal 11:30 AM

Maricruz Rosas
Time Start 11:00AM
Professor Granillo
Time End 11:40 AM
English 101

27 March 2019

Reading Log

Before Reading

Title: “Google, Democracy, and the Truth about Internet Search” by Carole Cadwalladr

External Distractions: Stress

Internal Distractions: Over rushing thoughts

After Reading

What is the author’s motivation or purpose for writing this piece?

The authors purpose was to describe social network usage in todays American society. The authors

claim was that the social networks are controlling of the search engine, and that this creates

unwanted bias. The author implements that bias does not give the information the researcher is

looking for. The authors concern is that people will start to allow search bars to take the control of

their thought process. The author agrees that this is damaging to the American society because it

will cause a problem in the future which is the research bias. The purpose to this excerpt is to

inform the society about the problem bias is causing in which it controls peoples thought process,

and messes with the observation. It also motivates readers the power to create a change by not

letting these networks mess with their system. By allowing the controlling of the networks will

result in more controlling factors which will get out of hand.

What rhetorical strategies, or SOAPSTone, did the author employ to make for a compelling

argument?

The rhetorical devices used were diction, audience, and logic. The author used diction in the

excerpt by how simplistic is was to read the authors claim. For instance, when Cadwalladr uses

other authors she uses diction as presented, “What Epstein’s work has shown is that the contents

of a page of search results can influence people’s views and opinions” (493). This is a perfect

example because of how the sentence is formal, it gave credit to the source, and was legible for

her argument. Audience was used in this excerpt and the author made it directly to the American

Society. Audience helped identify the group and allowed the readers to make a change if it

impacted their own society. The author lastly used logic in which she cited a lot of evidence. In

one part this is excellent because her argument grew stronger as she gathered why the search bias

was wrong. In which will result in a controlling technological search engine.

Although you may agree with the thesis, write a counterargument.

Internet search engines that provide bias gives the researches a base to establish its research with

questions one never thought of. One of the benefits of having bias is that it allows one with a start

of questions. It provides one a way to cut down the research and go straight to the point. Most

importantly it allows individuals to see what other people in their society are interested in. By

having these aspects if one were to eliminate the bias it will increase search time. In which will be

frustrating for the society because the internet network was made to help not implement struggles.

By removing bias, it will remove the major conversation of the topic that was researched. This is

impactful because it will not communicate the society’s need and desired research that they are all

interested in.