Summary Of Connectivity And Its Discontents By Sherry Turkle

In her article, “Connectivity and Its Discontents”, Sherry Turkle illustrates how our attitude about technology in addition to technology itself affects our interpersonal relationships. Ms. Turkle argues that although these online connections began as a simple alternative for when face-to-face communication was inconvenient, they’re now serving the complete opposite purpose; “Technology makes it easy to communicate when we wish and to disengage at will” (Turkle, para. 1). As previously mentioned, what was initially just viewed as a substitute when time was limited, has now turned into something different entirely. The author recounts an experience with a woman from Paris, Ellen, in which technology such as ‘Skype’ made it easy for Ellen to