Position and Opinion Writing pdf
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Running head: OPINION AND POSITION WRITINGOPINION AND POSITION WRITINGName of StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1OPINION AND POSITION WRITINGTitle of the Article: Enough with the moral panic over smartphones. The kids are all right.Author of the Article: Catharine LumbyLanguageThe above stated article by Catherine Lumby is an opinion piece that opposes thecommon global concern that smart-phones are one of the major causes of depression amongteenagers. The article provides a view into the personal considerations of the author in thearticle’s context. The author of the article uses words like ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, ‘us’ that makes thearticle essentially an opinion piece. The language used by the author is informal and personalproviding a view of her own thoughts on the concern of smart-phones being a cause ofdepression among teenagers. Moreover, the author has made use of colloquial expressions andphrases that render the piece strictly as an opinion piece. The expressions of the author in thearticle can be said to be qualitative to some extent if not completely, based on her occasional useof words like ‘may’, ‘more’, ‘many’, ‘large’ and likewise. The language of the article is moreassertive and instructive rather than being informative.StructureThe structure of the article is moderately coherent. The paragraph lengths areinconsistent. In fact, there are paragraphs that are not more than two sentences long. Hence, itcan be argued that the structure of the article is informal as well. However, though there arecertain areas within the article where the author tries to argue a position, most of the article isbased on her views clustered in an informal structure. The author provides very little evidencefor her claims. She begins the article by mentioning the article of Jean M. Twenge that presents
2OPINION AND POSITION WRITINGsmart-phones to be a cause of teenage depression and then goes on to demonstrating her ownviews trying to refute Twenge’s views. Finally, she concludes trying to invoke an ironicallyhumorous tone in the end. The author mostly draws on examples and hypothetical situationseven though she bases some of her views on the research she claims to have done on therelationship of teenagers with the online and social media and its effects on them in formation oftheir social relationships and identities. ClaimsThe claims of the author of the article are mostly directed towards opposing the views ofTwenge, a research scholar in psychology whose findings correlate teenage depression, suicidaltendencies and low self-esteem with the rise in digital evolution through smart-phones. Theauthor claims to have done some research on the relationship of teenagers with the online andsocial media and the effect it has on the formation of their social relationships and identities(Lumby 2018). Moreover, the author claims that it is the universal and global custom for theadults and parents to panic every time a technological discovery emerges. Supporting her claimshe states an example of the eighteenth century when people used to be concerned with younggirls being corrupted for their indulgence into romantic fantasies (Lumby 2018). However, todayparents practically boast of their teenage girls reading books. The author says that the teenagersare well aware of the risks that come with the social media such as cyber bullying and othercyber-crimes (Das and Nayak 2013). However, she mentions that social media has made it easierfor teenagers to communicate. Supporting her claim she provides the statement of a youngteenage boy who finds it easier to talk to people especially girls over Facebook rather in person(Lumby 2018). Moreover, depression and anxiety may be one of the effects of social and onlinemedia but there are factors that should be considered as well (Becker, Alzahabi and Hopwood
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