In my analysis, I will focus on the essay, “The flight from conversation” in the textbook “From Inquiry To Academic Writing” Which justifies Sherry Turkle 's argument about the use of electronic devices. In this writing, Turkle composes many claims about electronic devices taking over face-to-face communication. Turkle used her allegation on personal experiences and not factual claims.
Turkle points out that “We have sacrificed conversation for mere connection (Paragraph 1).” This statement is very vague due to the lack of facts that back it up. Saying that we sacrificed conversation in general is opinionated from personal experiences. Turkle does not want people to be socially lonely. Just like she noted in Paragraph 24, “If we don’t teach …show more content…
She said in paragraph 6 that her colleagues at work want to go to the board meetings but pay attention to what only interests them. She hints to us that the use of electronic devices is ruining everyone by them being on their devices and not speaking out or even accumulating to what they need to get done. This statement shows us how strong Turkle really feels about the situation, “And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection”, this statement is one that just tells us her whole story. It’s the point she is trying to get across to everyone in a nutshell. The thought that we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection is one we all have to think about. Have we? I think we have in a way, most of us would rather just send a text message for someone 's birthday, congratulating two for getting married, and now, some of us even break up a relationship with someone we love over text …show more content…
Such as when Turkle said, “ We can make our cars deviced-free zones, we can demonstrate the value of conversation to our children. Managers should introduce conversational thursdays instead of casual fridays.” In her final conclusion she states “I spend the summers at a cottage on Cape Cod, and for decades I have walked the same dunes that Thoreau once walked. Not to long ago, people walked with their heads up looking at the water, the sky, the sand, and at one another; talking.” Approaching us with pathos in her final conclusion is an advantage to her because it really makes us think about how we mainly rely on our electronic devices to communicate with others. There isn’t really a relationship you can have with someone without your devices being involved. Electronic devices has ruined us as a person by making so many people who are socially awkward in person; to where they won 't even be able to approach someone about a question they have. But, yet they can be so energetic and outgoing via text messages. In conclusion, I feel like Turkles approach to the over-use of electronic devices was very poor and if she should have approached it a differently such as basing it off actual facts. Turkle mainly based all of her claims off of personal experiences and that made all of them feel weak in a sense. In this, Turkle appears to be
Turkle points out that “We have sacrificed conversation for mere connection (Paragraph 1).” This statement is very vague due to the lack of facts that back it up. Saying that we sacrificed conversation in general is opinionated from personal experiences. Turkle does not want people to be socially lonely. Just like she noted in Paragraph 24, “If we don’t teach …show more content…
She said in paragraph 6 that her colleagues at work want to go to the board meetings but pay attention to what only interests them. She hints to us that the use of electronic devices is ruining everyone by them being on their devices and not speaking out or even accumulating to what they need to get done. This statement shows us how strong Turkle really feels about the situation, “And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection”, this statement is one that just tells us her whole story. It’s the point she is trying to get across to everyone in a nutshell. The thought that we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection is one we all have to think about. Have we? I think we have in a way, most of us would rather just send a text message for someone 's birthday, congratulating two for getting married, and now, some of us even break up a relationship with someone we love over text …show more content…
Such as when Turkle said, “ We can make our cars deviced-free zones, we can demonstrate the value of conversation to our children. Managers should introduce conversational thursdays instead of casual fridays.” In her final conclusion she states “I spend the summers at a cottage on Cape Cod, and for decades I have walked the same dunes that Thoreau once walked. Not to long ago, people walked with their heads up looking at the water, the sky, the sand, and at one another; talking.” Approaching us with pathos in her final conclusion is an advantage to her because it really makes us think about how we mainly rely on our electronic devices to communicate with others. There isn’t really a relationship you can have with someone without your devices being involved. Electronic devices has ruined us as a person by making so many people who are socially awkward in person; to where they won 't even be able to approach someone about a question they have. But, yet they can be so energetic and outgoing via text messages. In conclusion, I feel like Turkles approach to the over-use of electronic devices was very poor and if she should have approached it a differently such as basing it off actual facts. Turkle mainly based all of her claims off of personal experiences and that made all of them feel weak in a sense. In this, Turkle appears to be