How One Boy With Autism Became BFF With Apple's Siri: Rhetorical Analysis
Rhetorical Analysis
The author Newman who wrote the article “How One Boy With Autism Became BFF With Apple’s Siri” talks about how technology can be helpful for todays autistic generations by not only help them develop communications skills but help them learn how to improve how they should enunciate words. The target audience for this article can be the general public and people trying to find ways to stop the communication obstacles that autism creates. In this article, the speaker discusses a child by the name of Gus who has autism. He slurs his words and has yet to develop great communication skills due to his autism holding him back in learning. After acquiring an ipod, Gus went on to use the technology in a way that no one expected. …show more content…
In the essay the bombardment of first hand sources and personal experience shine in this essay. Turkle talks about how cell phones have connected all of us virtual but has separate us physically. In the beginning of the essay Turkle states she has been studying for 15 years how cell phones has impacted people lives showing us her dedication to find every impact of the new technology. Turkle talks about how the young generation coming into new workplaces “fear” conversation and the way they keep from conversations is putting on a pair of headphones that makes them look like a “pilot” who does not want to be disturbed. Turkle also states, with all the new technology and social media people can “present the self we want to be.” People do this by editing their message, pictures, or even deleting what they previously said because it does not fit what image they are trying to show people. Turkle calls this a “habit” because it clean up our personal image through technology which Turkle states human relationships are “messy and demanding,” in other words people demand certain attention, a certain way you speak to them, and if you mess up and say the wrong thing you can not just delete it but you have to fix it through other means. Turkle states we can start fixing out attachment to technology in baby steps, by making certain rooms, such as the kitchen and dining room technology free
The author Newman who wrote the article “How One Boy With Autism Became BFF With Apple’s Siri” talks about how technology can be helpful for todays autistic generations by not only help them develop communications skills but help them learn how to improve how they should enunciate words. The target audience for this article can be the general public and people trying to find ways to stop the communication obstacles that autism creates. In this article, the speaker discusses a child by the name of Gus who has autism. He slurs his words and has yet to develop great communication skills due to his autism holding him back in learning. After acquiring an ipod, Gus went on to use the technology in a way that no one expected. …show more content…
In the essay the bombardment of first hand sources and personal experience shine in this essay. Turkle talks about how cell phones have connected all of us virtual but has separate us physically. In the beginning of the essay Turkle states she has been studying for 15 years how cell phones has impacted people lives showing us her dedication to find every impact of the new technology. Turkle talks about how the young generation coming into new workplaces “fear” conversation and the way they keep from conversations is putting on a pair of headphones that makes them look like a “pilot” who does not want to be disturbed. Turkle also states, with all the new technology and social media people can “present the self we want to be.” People do this by editing their message, pictures, or even deleting what they previously said because it does not fit what image they are trying to show people. Turkle calls this a “habit” because it clean up our personal image through technology which Turkle states human relationships are “messy and demanding,” in other words people demand certain attention, a certain way you speak to them, and if you mess up and say the wrong thing you can not just delete it but you have to fix it through other means. Turkle states we can start fixing out attachment to technology in baby steps, by making certain rooms, such as the kitchen and dining room technology free