Growing Up Tethered Analysis

Everyone tends to be connected or addicted to technology or media these days. We are so used to being on our phones all the time we can’t get off of them. I can say and I am one of those people that can never get off of their phone and is just on it cause I am bored. I have the tendency to feel lost or disconnected in the world if I don’t have my phone in my pocket. I was shocked when I read this essay because everything that was said in it, I realized that I was guilty of it all. I honestly wish I wasn’t guilty cause I feel ashamed of myself. I believe so many other people would feel the same way I am feeling if they read this essay. Last year at school, the principal challenged the students to do a media fast for a month and a half. I did it and I realized how much stuff I got done and how much free time I had when I wasn’t on social media or even on my phone all the time. I was actually surprised how much I didn’t really even miss social media or being on my phone and it was actually really fun! …show more content…
In her essay, her focal point, observation, and research, is on people’s experiences with technology and media. She has many theories on technology and media as well. While driving, people are constantly glancing at their phone or they are even on their phones and they don’t realize it. Isn’t that crazy? What about talking to a friend, on a phone, texting, and not in real life? Feeling lost or disconnected from the world when you don’t have your phone with you, in your pocket? Or how about creating fake ID’s on video games or social media of a person you wish you could be? Young children are even learning how to use technology because of their parents. Turkle talks about all of these things and even more. In Turkle’s essay, many things could be agreed with but there are a few things she overlooks and could even be disagreed with such as the way the people are fake on