Sherry Turkle examines the impact of technology on communication and relationships in her Ted Talk "Connected, but Alone?". While technology allows for new forms of communication over long distances, research shows that excessive mobile phone and social media use reduces face-to-face interactions and interpersonal relationships. Turkle argues that people increasingly rely on technology over human contact and interaction. As people expect more from technology, they expect less from each other. Younger generations in particular are highly engaged with social media daily but this overuse can isolate users and weaken real-world social skills. While technology brings benefits, it is important for society not to replace human relationships and experiences with technological ones.
Sherry Turkle examines the impact of technology on communication and relationships in her Ted Talk "Connected, but Alone?". While technology allows for new forms of communication over long distances, research shows that excessive mobile phone and social media use reduces face-to-face interactions and interpersonal relationships. Turkle argues that people increasingly rely on technology over human contact and interaction. As people expect more from technology, they expect less from each other. Younger generations in particular are highly engaged with social media daily but this overuse can isolate users and weaken real-world social skills. While technology brings benefits, it is important for society not to replace human relationships and experiences with technological ones.
Sherry Turkle examines the impact of technology on communication and relationships in her Ted Talk "Connected, but Alone?". While technology allows for new forms of communication over long distances, research shows that excessive mobile phone and social media use reduces face-to-face interactions and interpersonal relationships. Turkle argues that people increasingly rely on technology over human contact and interaction. As people expect more from technology, they expect less from each other. Younger generations in particular are highly engaged with social media daily but this overuse can isolate users and weaken real-world social skills. While technology brings benefits, it is important for society not to replace human relationships and experiences with technological ones.
Sherry Turkle examines the impact of technology on communication and relationships in her Ted Talk "Connected, but Alone?". While technology allows for new forms of communication over long distances, research shows that excessive mobile phone and social media use reduces face-to-face interactions and interpersonal relationships. Turkle argues that people increasingly rely on technology over human contact and interaction. As people expect more from technology, they expect less from each other. Younger generations in particular are highly engaged with social media daily but this overuse can isolate users and weaken real-world social skills. While technology brings benefits, it is important for society not to replace human relationships and experiences with technological ones.
Does technology make us alone? Many people's cheeks light
up when they hear the word technology, especially at a younger age. Life has gotten better in the previous few decades as technology has advanced at a breakneck pace. It's difficult to fathom living without technology, which includes the Internet, phones, tablets, television, and movies and video games. While many people value technology's beneficial aspects, they overlook the many detrimental consequences it has had on society as a whole. One might immediately conclude that such modern instruments have benefited human life by allowing individuals to obtain a better understanding of other civilizations, interact with people from all over the world, and conserve or protect the environment (Sanam Mukhtar2013). Another area where technology has had an impact on society is communication, or how we converse and connect with one another around the world. Many new forms of electronic communication have emerged as a result of technological advancements. For example, there are emails, social networking, the ability to face time someone on the other side of the planet, and video conferencing, which allows you to hold virtual meetings. It was so applicable especially to us who are in classes despite the crisis of the pandemic. Finally, technical improvements in the health profession have aided in keeping people safe and healthy. However, research demonstrates that mobile communication has a negative impact on people's ability to be sociable and make face-to-face contact. Mobile technology has the potential to reduce interpersonal interactions and relationships. Sherry Turkle elaborates on in her popular Ted Talk, “Connected, but Alone?” Do we turn to technology to escape reality? Maybe we turn to technology as a safe space where we only do what feels good? Are we really “connected” when we are on our phones? There is less personal time, and you may find that you do not have enough time for yourself because you are constantly in communication with others. This can be a source of distraction from your studies and even the time for our families. There is also a loss of privacy because anyone, at any moment, can locate somebody wherever these are the reasons for scammers and other crimes related to cyberspace. Finally, all of these factors have an impact on how people behave today. I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.” (Brené Brown) .With my similar thoughts people use social media as a way of expressing themselves whenever they lack social interaction . Whenever they feel unheard or valued but in some cases the use of social media will never be a help. Sherry Turkle examines our problematic relationship with technology in her Ted Talk, "Connected, but Alone?" Sherry Turkle emphasizes that, while technology is thrilling, we are allowing it to take us places we don't want to go. “As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other?” she asks. Have you experienced that? Technology will bring us to the places we don't want to go .Yes there are a lot of cases where we use social media like facebook to feel eased on the problem we are carrying but instead of eliminating the problem it becomes a bigger problem. It creates another commotion already especially when we are not literate enough in using cyberspace. In connected but not alone by Turkle she addresses how new technology, notably computers, affects our thinking and perceptions of ourselves as people. She explains how computers affect humans in many ways and how this has led to the widespread use of "cyberspace." Some of the points she makes are on how being linked to technology removes your body from reality and disconnects your mind from reality. Turkle brings up one point saying, “We expect more from technology and less from each other”. At this generation it very common for the people to talk on social media rather than confronting the person she or he wanted to talk to. The very best example for this is expressing your emotion to social media like posting on Facebook, twitter or Instagram your bad days, your problem towards people but you did not acknowledge the benefits of face to face conversation to solve your overthinking problems. We have begun to rely on technology and immerse ourselves in the life of being connected rather than having a genuine and authentic face-to-face discussion. Society is too much dependent on technology well I don't say it is bad or misbehavior but in some individual they use technology as replacement of all aspect of interaction like using it as a medium of all type of communication even in day to day bases. It is true that technology creates a big impact to our society .If the country is more advanced in technology they are mostly influential and creates different cultures that influences people's behavior. As what Turkle portrays on his speech an elderly woman in a nursing home conversing with a robot as an excellent example of this. The woman is reassured by the knowledge that the robot understands what she is going through, despite the fact that the robot has no authentic real- life experiences and can't completely comprehend the meaning of emotions beyond their formal definitions. The future does not appear bright if civilization continues along this road of trusting technology above real human experiences. Technology cannot replace human existence .Robots cannot recognize emotion as human does .Yes, they can be programmed and train to do specific jobs but they can't level up humans ability. When you're talking to robots it can give you the answer you wanted but it cannot give you the best answer and the answer that human person can give especially on behalf of character and behaviors. While technology is useful for making life easier, it is also important to engage with the rest of society; being separated from the public is dangerous. Turkle also looks at the psychological and cultural implications of "relational objects" like social robots, as well as how these and other technologies are altering people's perceptions of human life and living things in general. She emphasize that most of the people used text as a mean of conversing rather than talking to someone in person. There is a lot of study that supported on the view of Turkle about the impact of technology especially to young and adolescent. According to a recent study, the majority of undergraduates used social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, among many others. Around 85% of those polled said they utilized such social media platforms on a daily basis. One defining feature of this analysis is that the use of these sites is on the rise. Notably, there are both positive and negative consequences to accessing these sites. It allows long- disconnected friends or family members to reconnect and stay in touch. This is useful in relationships that are typically geographically separated. However, one should not look at it as beneficial. A lot of students, especially here in the Philippines, were too much addicted to online gaming like COC, Mobile Legends, DOTA and many more .We can't deny the fact that technologies are altering a lot of our traditions and practices . Students who are less supervised with their guardian in using cyberspace are more likely to capture ideas and influence by thoughts that are not intended yet in their young minds. Again I quote Sherry Turkle' statement, “Do we expect less from each other as we expect more from technology?” she asks. She said that many people feel like "no one is listening" when they go for their phone to check for the latest update. Some people appear to use technology to fill the hole left by loneliness. Is this correct, and have we reached a point where we are unwilling to put others first and engage in conversations? She encourages us to consider this, even if just for a few moments, before we use your phone. Is there a reason I'm taking it up, and if so, what is that reason? Is there somebody I should contact? Is a phone call on the way? You may be motivated to change your habits if you are aware of this problem. (Sherry Turkle) with a similar perspective gives limitations in the use of social media platforms and creates ways on how to limit the addiction. Yes we are being addicted to technologies we can't deny that. It is very seldom to see people nowadays who don't check their phones and update their media accounts, maybe only those who have no smartphones and to those who don't engage themselves in social media like the elderly. Sherry Turkle's speech was so applicable to this generation even though it was performed in 2012 but the application and the message of the speech were still alive even if many years had passed. It is very applicable for these present days, not just me of course but the majority. Learn to set priorities not only for study but as well as managing your social rules in your personal time.
References: A Reaction Paper on Connected, but alone?. (2018, Aug 26). Retrieved from https://phdessay.com/a-reaction-paper-on-connected-but-alone/
Sanam Mukhtar (Author), 2013, About the Impact of Technology
upon Society, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/205584https://www.grin.com/docum ent/205584
