For one of my rhetorical sources, I found an article online from techradar.com that describes the top eight inventions of the 80s. While this might not seem to be the most relevant sources of my topic of changing technologies on the college campus, it gives great background information on what was going on back then and it gives you context on what the “new” technologies were. The “8 technologies to thank the 1980s for” are: the personal computer, the CD, the Walkman, the video cassette recorder, the mobile phone, the ZX Spectrum, the camcorder, and game consoles. When we see these inventions (which most of them are not even used anymore), we can see how much has evolved in only thirty years. The website also includes a picture for each invention. This gives the audience a great visual aid to know exactly how these items looked. While the article only presents information on these certain objects and does not give any sort of argument, this is a good source because we can see how simplistic the nature of all the objects are in comparison to now. Mobile phones, as mentioned in the article, were only just invented in the 1980s and now they are a huge part of everyone’s life—especially college students. Another example that could be used in my research argument is the invention of the personal computer in the 1980s. Every college student is required to have their own computer now but this was certainly not the case in the 80s. So, because no one had personal computers in the past, does that mean they had to work harder and thus learned more? We will be looking into that as we delve deeper into the topic. This article gives the background information needed to support my argument of how technology has changed college life for students all around the world.
Oxford, Tamsin. "8
Technologies to Thank the 1980s for." TechRadar. N.p., 16 Sept.
2009. Web. 18 Feb. 2013.
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