Sherry Turkle “The Flight from Conversation”
Jean Twenge “Have Smart Phones Destroyed a Generation?”
PROMPT
In “The Flight from Conversation” by Sherry Turkle and in “Have Smart phones Destroyed a Generation” by Jean Twenge the authors consider the current technology as detrimental to the human personal relationships and even phycological state of mind. Turkle in particular believes that people seek some kind of a retreat in technology, while Twenge focuses mostly on the generation iGen as consumers of that technology that creates negative effects on the quality of their lives. Please consider the following prompt while writing your next essay:
How are the humans today becoming a “new way of being”? Why is it that the iGen feels lonely and isolated even though social networking sites promise a constant connection with other people and friends?
THOUGHT –PROVOKERS Below are some further questions that may be useful to consider in generating your argument. Remember that you only need to address the above prompt in bold:
v What is the illusion of companionship?
v Why does people develop an “increasingly fragile selves?”
v How do the authors describe the behavior of young people these days? Are there any similarities and differences in those descriptions?
v Do you believe that smart phones and technology are as dangerous as the authors suggest?
v What kind of traditional activities have been replaced by the use of technology? What are the effects of that? Positive, or negative, or both?
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