Summary Of Reclaiming Conversation By Sherry Turkle
In Reclaiming Conversation, the chapter “Friendship” by Sherry Turkle explains how digital technology harms communication over the years because people now care about the media and not communicating with friends. Turkle also states that because digital technology is the main concern and not communicating with friends, people are starting to lack empathy. Empathy is defined as the capacity to put yourself in the place of another person and trying to understand what other people are going through. Overall, the argument is that social media causes a lack of empathy between friends by distracting their communication. [However, I believe that social media is helping the communication between friendships to become more empathetic by providing confidence,
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But our technologies have not only changed what we do; they have changed who we are. And nowhere as profoundly as in our capacity for empathy” (172), she implies that our digital technologies such as our phones have changed this generation for the worst just because we apparently lack emotion. However, our phones contain apps of social media that keeps advancing ways that allows us to communicate with each other without any hassle of misperceiving or planning when to see one another again. This generation has social media that can share updated news to others who only have on hand access and this can cause emotions to the people who are affected by the news. My cousin who lives in El Salvador is very active on social media, such as Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and Whatsapp, so I am always in contact with her. One time she had a medical emergency and we were waiting by our phones wondering the call that she is safe. She then posted on Facebook that she was in perfect health condition along with the news that she is pregnant. I was able to hear the incredible news that made me and most of my relatives extremely happy. Social media does provide emotions to others, it just depends on the topic. It was easy to share and post a picture on Facebook just as it is easy it was to change my emotion from being worried to
But our technologies have not only changed what we do; they have changed who we are. And nowhere as profoundly as in our capacity for empathy” (172), she implies that our digital technologies such as our phones have changed this generation for the worst just because we apparently lack emotion. However, our phones contain apps of social media that keeps advancing ways that allows us to communicate with each other without any hassle of misperceiving or planning when to see one another again. This generation has social media that can share updated news to others who only have on hand access and this can cause emotions to the people who are affected by the news. My cousin who lives in El Salvador is very active on social media, such as Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and Whatsapp, so I am always in contact with her. One time she had a medical emergency and we were waiting by our phones wondering the call that she is safe. She then posted on Facebook that she was in perfect health condition along with the news that she is pregnant. I was able to hear the incredible news that made me and most of my relatives extremely happy. Social media does provide emotions to others, it just depends on the topic. It was easy to share and post a picture on Facebook just as it is easy it was to change my emotion from being worried to