In Sherry Turkle's TED Talk "Connected But Alone" her purpose was to inform and persuade the viewers about how being connected to our phones and the internet is actually causing us to be more secluded in life. She informs how being connected to social media such as Facebook and Twitter may allow us to interact with others through our phones, but it also inhibits our actual social skills such as communication in person. Having conversations is becoming less and less common as texting becomes more common. She also tries to persuade the viewers to think about how much they interact with others through social media and through actual face to face interactions.
I think she succeeded in the purpose to inform and persuade the viewers. She brought up specific occurrences on how social media and texting out ranks people's choice of conversation with others. She said shes been studying social interactions for the past decade to understand how new technology changes our lives.
I agree with her for the most part. She talks about how the internet and social media affects how people talk and how people use their phones as a shield from the outside world. I have to admit, I've used my phone in more than one occasion to hide from something I didn't want to discuss with my mother or girlfriend. And even though I got a social media a long time ago, I never actually used it as often as everyone else. My father got a Facebook account last year and I got mine when I turned 13, six years ago, and I'm pretty sure he has already used it more than I have. I've been working on my social skills by hanging out with my friends and talking to the customers that are at my job. My dad doesn't really go out and his main forms of interaction is through Facebook and emails. So yeah... I agree.
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