Analysis Of Turkle's Turging

In the “Empathy Gap” by Sherry Turkle the author claims that because human beings are obsessed with being digitally connected that the empathy gap has opened making people less empathetic towards each other. Turkle reports that humans do not appreciate the value of talk which is being undermined because many people fear a real conversation which does not allow them to control the situation including giving someone their undivided attention which allows a people to become vulnerable. Turkle does not disagree that our decreased capacity for empathy can be scary she argues impressively that by showing weakness and vulnerability will help us become more empathetic. The author supports the idea that our communication is at risk because people want

In this society many people completely immerse themselves in a new life that often times leads to distractions within their real life. Turkle states, “For those who are lonely yet fearful of intimacy, online life provides environments where one can be a loner yet not alone, have the illusion of companionship without the demands of sustained, intimate friendship”. This statement supports her overall claim that the addiction to technology leads to a person alienating themselves. A person could have the greatest life in an online environment and not even leave their house. This continues to lead the reader to the second trouble of her soul by setting them up emotionally. In this instance Turkle is trying to elicit a reaction of feeling sorry for the people reading her essay.

Tannen believes that much of this breakdown is caused by the lack of people interacting face to face. She feels that our high tech world infused with social networking, email, cell phones, texting and more has given people a way to communicate without actually connecting with each other. “The proliferation and increasing portability of technology isolates people in a bubble-” warns Tannen.

In addition to the more tangible effects on adolescents, in one section of the article Ms. Turkle delves into the psychoanalytic ramifications; how this tethered lifestyle can affect narcissism; how it applies to Erik Erikson’s theories of child development, and in the end concludes that “By Erikson’s standards, the selves formed in the cacophony of online spaces are not protean but juvenile. Now I suggest that the culture in which they develop tempts them into narcissistic ways of relating to the world.”(Turkle 436). I find these worries unmoving. What Erik Erikson would make of modern connected society

Through the use of stories, Twenge successfully uses emotional appeals to capture the reader’s attention. Twenge begins her article with an anecdote of a 13-year-old girl named Athena. In the story, Twenge questions Athena about her social life and what she likes to do with her friends. Athena’s response is that very infrequently they go to the mall with her parents. According to Twenge, Athena and her friends are more likely to communicate through social media than physically. Twenge recalled the times she would go out with

Students in Merryweather High school struggle to understand that being in their cliques won’t do them any good because all it will do is separate those who have been best friends since the end of time causing social anxiety for others. “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson wrote an explicit book of what is the true meaning on how you could change your ways when you speak up instead of staying quiet. So, How does being silent affect the individual themselves? This induces the Students to have trust issues, being mentally corrupted, and to never be true to themselves. Because of these it doesn’t allow something like for example the First Amendment Freedom of speech, this makes me ask what has our world come to?

The beginning of the book dives into what is critical communications? Does it make a difference and honestly who cares? Specifically however, points out that we as a society will avoid a conversation the more important and or critical it becomes regardless if this is in a personal, business and or health situation. If we decide to take on a

The short story “Speech Sounds” is a science fiction story written by Octavia Butler. This essay portrays a central theme that really opened my eyes as well as many others. This theme is to never take your ability to communicate for granted. Communication is a huge part of our culture and civilization. I never truly realized how important communication really was until reading this story. Without it, we cannot express our feelings in a correct manner. Not being able to connect with other individuals results in it being very hard to cooperate with others, causing chaos amongst society. In a short amount of time, the world would turn on each other causing mass amounts of violence. Likewise, this is similar to the story “Speech Sounds.” There are many takeaways one can have after reading this story.

Living in an authentic world is nearly unimaginable when there is technology everywhere. Busyness has taken control over people’s lives. Adam Gopnik’s “Bumping into Mr. Ravioli” and Sherry Turkle’s “Alone Together” give reasons as to why humans are absorbed within technology and busyness that they neglect what should be really important to them in their life. Turkle believes that people are misusing technology and the negative effects that come with it. She quotes how adults aren’t actually engaging with people in real life, but instead would rather connect through the internet. The adults then feel a sense of loneliness since they are too tangled up within technology. Turkle believes that the younger population are more so to connect with colleagues but are not quite sure as to whether or not they would like to be loved or wanted by those around them. She points out that robots should not replace the way people form relationships, but instead be accepted as another type of pleasure and love. Gopnik writes about Olivia, his three-year-old daughter, and how she has an imaginary friend named Mr. Ravioli. Olivia always says that Mr. Ravioli is too busy working and has no time to be with her. Gopnik worries that Olivia’s real like is reflected onto her imaginary friend. His worries bring him to a psychologist, his sister, and asks if this behavior is normal. Although his sister says she has never

As the use of technology surges, mankind’s behavior evolves in a strange way. People have paid so much attention to being up to date with social media, friends and the news that they have lost the ability to communicate and have an actual conversation. Additionally, our compulsion to the Internet has resulted in the tendency of people getting paranoid, not being able to self-reflect and be who they actually are. The pressure of perfection we have inhibited from the Internet has cost us the simplicity of life and what it has to offer. We walk on ground that has held us, fed us and grew us, and yet some of us don’t have a single ounce of gratitude. We talk to people and vent to them but when it’s our time to listen, we only pay attention to what matters to us. We have grown into a selfish species that only thinks of themselves and what benefits them because the Internet has thought us to be efficient instead of passionate.

There are many important and significant factors in a human being’s life. Without those elements, life stays incomplete. For instance, food, recreation, hobby, fun, and emotions are fundamentals of a normal life. One of those elements is every day talk. Everyday talk is the process in which people interact with each other and communicate their points of views (Tedpower, n.d.). This is a way for them to stay in contact with each other. This is important because human beings cannot live alone. They are social animals by the nature, which means at every point of their lives they need someone to talk to or communicate. If a person stays alone for a long time, he starts being depressed and frustrated which can lead to many odd behavioral traits. People who talk to each other or have a decent conversation with each other can be friends, family, colleagues, siblings, sub-ordinates, employers, or strangers.

This message is applicable in today’s society now more than ever as we have become increasingly antisocial. Each and every person has their own backgrounds with unique stories to go along with and often times, the people around us won’t bother to discovers the reasons behind why we are who we are. At school for example, we see the same people everyday yet we know nothing about their personal lives or their hobbies and interests because we assume that information is not worth knowing. We worry that trying to learn more about how someone else functions would be perceived as weird or creepy to their peers. However, if we were to take interest in others lives and what gets them up in the morning, perhaps the world would have a better understanding

The aspect of the article that I found most interesting, as it is relevant to not just my life but also the lives of many others, was the 'Affects Associated with Getting Along.' Although it might be difficult to admit at times due to pride, no one is immune to feelings of inadequacy and the need to be validated at some point in their life. This undying desire to receive some sort of reaffirmation from those around us, whether it acquaintances, friends, or family is definitely not atypical as it is just human nature, some may not be as driven by this need by I can think of several people I know that constantly struggle with this and it’s made extremely apparent in their relationships and daily interactions.

Sherry Turkle, a psychologist and professor of the social studies and technology at the Massachusetts institute, wrote the article “The Flight from Conversation”. In this article, Turkle mainly discusses the impact of

A world where every action, feeling, and thought originates from what people interpret on a screen is the result of society’s obsession with the Internet. Turkle starts exposing how severely attached, or “tethered,” teenagers are to their cell phones and the digital world. This leads into a discussion on privacy, or the lack thereof. Expanding on that idea, Turkle writes about how teenagers are not able to claim independence due to the tie to their cell phones and thus those who pay for them, their parents (Turkle, 238). This lack of growth stunts their identity-forming process and further agitates their obsession with the world online. The accessibility of instant validation from peers, or strangers for that matter, on the Web entices people away from the real world around them. Turkle