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    We develop different new technologies in order to “project” our desires and emotions thereby making our lives easier. Certainly‚ this does not intend to benefit us always. In her essay‚ Turkle mainly talks about the “projection” and “engagement” kind of relationships between individuals and the technologies they create. “Projection” is a kind of relationship in which only one person’s own desires and wants are taken into consideration which

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    PIP pt 1: Proposal: Introduction – 273 words The general topic of my PIP is the younger generation’s (specifically Gen Y and Z - the digital natives) inherent captivation with social media and the moral and social quandary this poses. The benefit of social media is ambiguous to say the least; does it serve as a tool to better network with the world around you? Or are its effects much more negative in nature? Accordingly‚ my hypothesis in relation to my topic is that “Social media

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    au/theverdict/2008/06/the_truth_about.html Ditton‚ P.M.‚ & Wilson‚ D.J. (1999‚ January). Truth in Sentencing in State Prisons. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report‚ (NCJ 170032). Retrieved from http://bjsdata.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/tssp.pdf Gopnik‚ A. (2012‚ January 30). The Caging of America. The New Yorker. Retrieved from http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2012/01/30/12030crat_atlarge_gopnik Schmalleger‚ F. (2012). Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century

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    relatively light‚ on topics where people feel that they can drop in and out” (para3). Turkle has spent the last 5 years studying the interaction of families‚ friends‚ and people in relationships along with businesses and schools who use technology in their everyday conversations and is still trying to understand why people would rather use technology to talk then to have face-to-face conversations. Furthermore Turkle elaborates that‚ “Where we learn to make eye contact‚ to become aware of another person’s

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    Do we rather live in a very lonely place or choose to live in a solitude way. The “Tethered Self: Technology Reinvents Intimacy and Solitude” (2001)‚ Sherry Turkle‚ a MIT professor argues that as we expect more from technology‚ we expect less from each other. The technology changes the way we view ourselves. Turkle claims that our technological devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication. We are more connected but alone‚ which in turn could have harmful effects

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    Allison Gopnik compares the development of a child’s mind to a scientist experimenting with their surroundings. Young children are able to absorb large amounts of information at a time while being able to explore their environment through hypothetical deductive

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    article by Sherry Turkle‚ a professor in social studies of science and technology at MIT. Turkle argues that technology has overpowered our lives and deprived us of the need for human physical and social interaction therefore damaging our social skills. She also claims that we live life as a contradiction. “Insisting our world is increasingly complex‚ we nevertheless have created a communications culture that has decreased the time available for us to sit and think‚ uninterrupted.”(Turkle‚ 2007‚ pg.273)

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    In the article “The Flight from Conversation‚” Sherry Turkle makes a point that technology has negatively changed people in their ways of interacting with each other. She states that people have lost the skills for interacting face to face because they prefer to text or email each other. In the text‚ the author spends over fifteen years studying people and asking them about their lives. She also found that cell phones change what people do and who they are. They change what people do because nowadays

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    Samantha Schwab Professor Pritchett EXPOS: Section QH December 5‚ 2014 Social Connections: Fantasy vs. Reality Throughout society’s development‚ individuals have grown to make connections based off of past experiences. Connections can have various meanings such as association with development‚ or a relationship between groups of people. In Azar Nafisi’s writing of‚ “Selection from Reading Lolita in Tehran‚” she describes the creation of her reading group‚ and how it provides the type of education

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    face-to-face. This topic basically comes down to who and how social media is used. The two works of literature by Sherry Turkle and danah boyd‚ show conflicting opinions about the subject. There is no question by either author about the impact of social media on how we communicate. Rather the main point of issue is social media making a positive or a negative impact. Sherry Turkle in the introduction of her book “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other” argues that

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