A Rhetorical Analysis Of Stop Googling By Sherry Turkle

Sherry Turkle's article “Stop Googling”. Let's Talk” examines the impact of smartphones on face-to-face conversations and interpersonal connections. Her article focuses on the perspective of college students, and she explains how they have developed the ability to multitask between their phones and real-world interactions, which has divided attention and detracted from the quality of their conversations. Turkle highlights how the presence of phones diminishes empathy and meaningful connection, citing studies that show a significant decline in empathy among young people since the rise of digital communication. She argues that although technology provides constant connectivity, it disrupts spontaneous, open-ended conversations that foster intimacy and self-awareness. She explains how even when a phone is off and to
This has become a significant issue in my generation because most of the time, none of them can just sit quietly and relax because, to my generation, that means boredom. In addition, Turkle explains the effect of technology on people's emotional intelligence. She conducted a study with the following statistic: “a 40 percent decline in empathy among college students.” This interested me because people are always talking about how social media brings awareness to different issues in the world, such as police brutality or wars that are breaking out. To some extent, this helps people understand the massive number of issues within our world, but it is not enough to overpower the lack of empathy that social media and phones cause. As surprising as this statistic is, it makes a lot of sense. I have seen firsthand how it lowers the lack of empathy within people, especially when it comes to gossiping about each other, and this is primarily an issue regarding Instagram and people’s