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Lisa Garza
Professor Powers
English 1301
13 April 2022
Essay #3
There are many effects of technology on young children whether it be good or bad, but
how does technology affect children with their learning? The article “The Influence of Young
Li, and Chin-Chung Tsai goes into detail and shows the cause and effect of learning on children
that use technology. This article is a peer-reviewed article published on JSTOR. Ching-Ting
Hsin, Ming-Chaun Li, and Chin-Chung Tsai are in the department of early childhood education
at National Taitung University in Taiwan. The authors of the article stated their thesis that “we
are arguing that children learning with technology are conditioned by several factors categorized
by children, adults, and technology aspects.”(85) The authors of this article highlighted the
importance of their thesis by stating that “in the social domain, most studies showed that
technologies enhanced children’s collaboration and interaction with others and their development
of multiculturalism.” (85)In order to show major proof in support of their thesis the authors
Ching-Ting Hsin, Ming-Chaun Li, and Chin-Chung Tsai showed an overview of the descriptive
statistics, cross-analysis between the reviewed categories including research purpose and
research design. This essay will analyze the rhetorical strategies and how persuasive the authors
Ching-Ting Hsin, Ming-Chaun Li, and Chin-Chung Tsai in their article “The Influence of Young
The authors of the article establish their credibility by mentioning the results and
discussions in the article as well as reviewing 87 peer-reviewed articles about the topic. For
example, as stated in the article “First, an overview of the descriptive statistics is provided.
Second, cross-analysis results between reviewed categories, including research purpose and
research design as well as developmental domains and learning effectiveness are reported.”(88)
By explaining these steps the authors showed what exactly they did to get their answer. The
quoted material constitutes the use of ethos because it provides credibility by showing the charts
perpetually done because of the evidence given to prove the author's points. The organization of
the text was very organized and built credibility in adhering to the characteristics of the genre
because it was organized by the abstract, introduction, method, paper analysis, coding scheme,
results and discussion, and so on. Ching-Ting Hsin, Ming-Chaun Li, and Chin-Chung Tsai
employed ethos because they gave a lot of evidence which helped with the persuasiveness of the
Moreover, this article appealed the emotional sentiments by stating that “Some
researchers believe that children at a young age should avoid using technology because it keeps
them from interacting with others and therefore impedes the development of their social
skills”(85) This sentence shows that the researchers felt very strongly about children not using
technology and it is a set back in children's development. Due to the emotional sentiment in this
article, the audience could relate to or not relate to the claim that technology hinders children's
social and cognitive development, as their claim was not a fact. This text does not have any
emotional fallacies because the authors made sure to have a proof for their claims. Ching-Ting
Hsin, Ming-Chaun Li, and Chin-Chung Tsai added evidence for all of the claims because the
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article is based on facts and not emotions. Since there was no presence of emotional fallacy it did
not affect the overall influence of the essay. The rhetoric effectively integrated emotion or pathos
in this article which made the text much more valid because the evidence was provided.
The authors of the article use valid evidence and sound reasoning by showing the
statistics and how it was done. Moreover, the authors stated exactly what method they used to
judge all of the research. An example of one of the ways they judged research, as stated in the
article was “if the main focus of the research was on technology development or instructional
design and no essential outcome data were provided, the article was excluded”(87) This quote
constitutes to the use of logos because it shows an example of reasoning within the text. The
integration of logic added a lot more persuasiveness to the article since the claims were backed
up with reasoning. Ching-Ting Hsin, Ming-Chaun Li, and Chin-Chung Tsai did not commit any
logical fallacies. The reason for no logical fallacies was because once again all of the claims they
stated were supported with evidence and reasoning. Due to not having any logical fallacies, there
was no effect on the overall persuasiveness. The organization of the text displayed sound
reasoning by providing an argument that was then proven with a table of research. The rhetors
effectively employed logos in the article with how well organized and how the claims were being
supported. Moreover, the article was very effective in persuading the reader that technology is a
In conclusion, the article “The Influence of Young Children's Use of Technology on Their
Learning: A Review” by Ching-Ting Hsin, Ming-Chaun Li, and Chin-Chung Tsai provided
research on a common topic. Does technology influence young children's learning? Well, the
answer is yes. Technology can help young children with their learning depending on how they
use that certain technology. For example, if the young children are reading books, watching
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educational videos, or using technology for manipulatives to aid them with their learning in a
content area they will have a positive impact on technology. Additionally, the article stated that
the author's thesis was, “we are arguing that children learning with technology are conditioned
by several factors categorized by children, adults, and technology aspects.” (85)The authors
successfully applied ethos by stating credibility. Pathos was well employed because it did not
provide any emotional fallacy as stated above. Logos were well portrayed in the article by
providing claims and reasoning. With this information, fellow college rhetors can understand that
the contribution of Logos, Pathos, and Ethos is very effective in providing persuasiveness to an
article and that fallacies can tend to lead to an unconvincing article. This may affect the English
1301 students' approach to writing about this particular topic because it will help them to not use
Works cited
Ching-Ting Hsin, et al. “The Influence of Young Children’s Use of Technology on Their
Learning: A Review.” Journal of Educational Technology & Society, vol. 17, no. 4, 2014,