Ethos Paragraph (Claim + Reason for Author’s Credibility and Trusthworthiness): Sherry Turkle’s expertise in teaching and research gives her substantial credibility right at the outset. The first few paragraphs are her observations of the interactions of the people she studies. She observes how connected people are to technology, yet how alienated they are from each other. She notes “the audience is not listening” at a conference, as people seem to “want to be alone with their personal networks.” (506). The author assumes that her audience is familiar with Freud’s work about how communities can control people, creating a potential place for the reader to disconnect (506). Turkle acknowledges the emphasis people place on technology by
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Turkle concludes that people in public space want to be alone with their personal networks, but she doesn’t present the idea of how connected some people can be with their real selves on those networks with a larger number of people (506). The same could be said for the notion she presents on how the identity that counts most in the world has become the online or virtual identity. The online identity is a significant part of the lives of many people. Turkle could have acknowledged that she is also a person with an online identity, and missed the opportunity to acknowledge that many people connect with others all over the world in a way that was not possible before this online technology. She describes the “always-on/always-on-you technology” (508) making it more difficult for people to separate themselves from their devices causing them to lose the time to “take their time.” There is no recognition about how much time can be saved with the technology (508). However, when it comes to addressing the issues of security and the privacy issues that have been emerging with technology, she covers both sides very fairly, and uses effective analogies to make some very sobering points that could be persuasive to those who don’t care about privacy (509). She also does a great …show more content…
Oftentimes they connect with programmed automation, which may give reason to repeat the words “Can You Hear Me Now?” in a different way, to the artificially intelligent, beautiful voice designed to give the perfect response. They will call her Siri, Cortana, or Alexa, their new best
Turkle concludes that people in public space want to be alone with their personal networks, but she doesn’t present the idea of how connected some people can be with their real selves on those networks with a larger number of people (506). The same could be said for the notion she presents on how the identity that counts most in the world has become the online or virtual identity. The online identity is a significant part of the lives of many people. Turkle could have acknowledged that she is also a person with an online identity, and missed the opportunity to acknowledge that many people connect with others all over the world in a way that was not possible before this online technology. She describes the “always-on/always-on-you technology” (508) making it more difficult for people to separate themselves from their devices causing them to lose the time to “take their time.” There is no recognition about how much time can be saved with the technology (508). However, when it comes to addressing the issues of security and the privacy issues that have been emerging with technology, she covers both sides very fairly, and uses effective analogies to make some very sobering points that could be persuasive to those who don’t care about privacy (509). She also does a great …show more content…
Oftentimes they connect with programmed automation, which may give reason to repeat the words “Can You Hear Me Now?” in a different way, to the artificially intelligent, beautiful voice designed to give the perfect response. They will call her Siri, Cortana, or Alexa, their new best