Stop Googling, Let's Talk

Comparative Analysis Imagine a world without technology. No phones. No internet. Just face to face conversations and meaningful relationships. In the article “Stop Googling, Let’s Talk” written by Sherry Turkle, offers various experiments in which lead to results like the our devices are potent. “Our phones are not accessories, but psychologically potent devices that change not just what we do but who we are”(Turkle). Another conclusion is that, relationships are not being formed properly and facial signals are not being read. But in the other article, “The Pointlessness of Unplugging” written by Casey Cep, offers up a slightly different look on devices. Even though Cep does agree that ourselves online are different from our in person selves, she does say that “Unplugging from devices doesn’t stop us from experiencing our lives through their lenses, frames, and formats”(Cep). Although “Stop Googling, Let’s Talk” and “The Pointlessness of Unplugging” are similar in …show more content…
One way they are similar in the way the two authors agree with that the people who portray online aren’t our real selves. For example, Casey Cep says, “It suggests that the selves we are online aren’t authentic, and that the relationships that we forge in digital spaces aren’t meaningful.” Likewise, in Sherry Turkle article, it says "We thought that online posting would make us bolder than we are in person…”. The article, “Our Cell Phones, Ourselves” written by Eric Weiner also supports both of the authors by saying, “In other ways, too, cell phones are changing how we relate to one another.” Weiner supports both articles because he is also saying that mobile devices are changing us and how we interact with other people. So in other words the article is saying that we have many faces we put on behind a screen, we aren’t always our true selves. In both articles they agree with each other in the way of how one changes themselves behind a