Alone Together By Sherry Turkle: The Colbert

Sherry Turkle on the Colbert Report Sherry Turkle is professor of social studies of science at M.I.T and has published multiple books. Her recent book titled “Alone Together”, was discussed on TV show “The Colbert Report”. The host Stephen Colbert asked aggress questions in this interview, suggesting that technology is the most significant gift of modern times and it should be understood rather than criticized. He argued that the book “Alone Together” might have neglected the important role that current technology has been playing in connecting people. The era of iPhone and twitter has made it easier to reach people around the world without any barriers. Cell phones and texting has allowed us to talk to each other without the need of visiting or even speaking. Criticizing these technologies might be an anti-modernistic approach and may contribute in slowing down the much needed progress. The new era of technology has been able to speed up the pace of progress in almost every field of life, and the level of communication has therefore, also changed to suit the pace of this era. Colbert’s argument suggest the author might not be able to see the positivity of the situation and the ideas in her book might be one sided and unrealistic. …show more content…
These technologies are responsible for taking the humanistic factor out of our day to day communication, and the idea of communication through social networks has introduced performance and pretending into self-presentation into the society. The communication through Facebook and twitter includes fakeness, and filtered form of self-representation is intended in majority of cases. The real image of a person and true form of humanistic communication cannot be achieved through technology according to the