Friday, January 31, 2014
"Can You Hear Me Now?" by Sherry Turkle
"Can You Hear Me Now?" by Sherry Turkle: Whether or not we agree with Turkle's assessment of the problems with technology, I think she raises some important issues and questions that we need to ask ourselves as we move ahead. What are some of the most significant questions that you think have been raised as we've discussed articles this semester? Have your ideas or habits changed as a result?
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I agree with the article about the virtual world of social media. I believe that kids and adults both lose the real want to spend time with people, when they just can log on to their facebook. Ben Nelson
ReplyDeleteIt's true! Who needs to spend real time with people when we have facebook and cell phones? I think this is terrible, but it is nice to stay connected with friends.
DeleteIt drives me crazy when you are on a date and someone pulls out their phone. There is a time and place! If you are around people, we need to interact with them. We need to not just text each other across the room. It is another one of those technology lines that we are really crossing.
ReplyDeleteJason Baldwin
This is very true. Who knows how those potential dates would have been if they had actually gotten to know each other.
Delete-Ben Nelson
i think that you technology and humans are going to be more intertwining, because there are some people that have chips in their brain to help them see and hear.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Turkle that we do put our life on pause for our cell phones when we really should put our cell phones on pause for our life.
ReplyDeleteEvan Capron
I agree with Evan, there are so many times when you are talking to someone and they say they are listing, but pull out their phone and play on it, when you're still talking! It drives me crazy sometimes, because you know their attention is divided, and that they're not really 100% paying attention.
Delete-Kortney Tracy
The most interesting point in this article is when the child comments what is the point of the live animals when you could have robot animals. The child had a valid point about you wouldn't have to encapsulate living animal, but on the other hand that takes away the experience of seeing a live animal. It is an interesting thought that could be argued either way.
ReplyDeleteWhat stuck out to me is Turkle talking about when the people going to the meeting had all traveled hundreds to thousands of miles just to go. In the end they were distracted with their own devices and getting information for their own presentations on them. We are really living in a world of distraction where the virtual world is taking over reality. It's just sad.
ReplyDeleteI think the biggest question raised so far concerning this topic has been: Does technology interfere with your interpersonal relationships? Technology has changed the way I interact and I am constantly seeking out the most convenient way to communicate, but I refuse to let it become a burden on my close relationships with others. What is more important to us, making sure the world perceives us as a fabulous person or maintaining our integrity with the ones who mean the most.
ReplyDeleteThis is just one of many reasons why I don't have a Facebook or anything of the sort. (I technically don't exists. Ha!)
ReplyDeleteAmber B.
I think our relationships with other people are getting less and less personal. We can know everything and more about that person by just looking at their Facebook page. Now to me that is a little pathetic. I honestly do have Facebook and I like to look at it to keep in contact with my family but I think we still need to see these people in person and communicate with them other then just Facebook.
ReplyDeleteSydney Medsker
We're all waiting for the zombie apocolypse to happen, yet in reality we've kind of already created one on our own. How often do we see people walking around with their heads down involved with their phone? Sometimes when I'm on the shuttle I like to look around, and I often see a majority of people hunched over and staring at their phones. I'm not going to lie, I find myself doing the same thing frequently. But people must be missing out on a lot with their heads down all of the time...I wish I had a better analogy. Uh, you can't look to the future when you constantly have your head down? Somebody want to help me out on this one?
ReplyDelete- Maddie Walters
I think that if you have some one facebook, you should at least try to talk to them. I have some old friends that just blow me off. You had the choice to accept or reject.
ReplyDeleteOmar Cuevas
I agree with you Omar! People need to not just be internet friends!
DeleteI think that when you are with someone, you should pay attention to them... try and get to know them better, listen to what they're saying. Someone might be having a bad day, and feel that no one cares about them, and if they try to tell you, and you pull out a phone and start playing on it during the conversation... It'd just make them feel worse..
ReplyDelete-Kortney T.
I think it is sad that in our day and age we are converting to only talking without actually talking face to face! It is very rude!
ReplyDeleteTechnology has effected social skills in a bad way in the las couple years.
ReplyDeleteJake S
It is true human interaction has lessened due to technology, but at the same time it has broadened our horizons to new people we would never have met in the past. With anything there are pros and cons.
ReplyDelete-Thomas Sabol
How many people agree wit this concept?