All advantages have corresponding disadvantages. Sherry Turkle’s essay “Connectivity and its Discontents” addresses her stance towards technological communication. Throughout her essay, she provides examples that illustrate how the world is consistently depending on technology for communication. Turkle’s opinion towards the issue is that, “she believes we’ll eventually sacrifice communication for mere connection.” Her examples make the reader take into consideration that technological communication leads to human beings losing intensity in communication in both personal and professional situations. The twenty-first century widely introduced many technological advancements which made people rely frequently on technology. Thinking back to her
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But there’s times we have to consider that not many have the luxury to see love ones when they wish, therefore, they go to next resource, which is a phone call. This concept would tie the idea of how much an individual cherishes a relationship and works hard to keep it in tact. I can relate to this since I am far from the people I was used to seeing every morning. I have a family that depends a lot in communication in order to stay connected. My sister and I have a system in which we call one another every day, we try to keep it a routine. For example, last Friday I called her in the afternoon asking her how her day at wok went and asking her if she had already packed for her trip. Phone calls have become convenient to us, when I lived in the house our communication was completely different. Both her and myself were so invested in our personal lives to take a few minutes of the day to ask how one another’s day had gone. Now that we are missing each other’s comfort at we cherish every phone call we exchange. Having a phone call away from each other helps us know what’s going on in each other’s lives rather than trying to fit everything in the two days I’m back at home. Growing relationships over the phone are not always ideal, but having the ability to call allows individuals to want to talk about their day. It makes people feel special to know people are thinking of them when they are off in the world doing other things. In my situation, I now feel more a priority to my sister because we take hours from a day to catch
But there’s times we have to consider that not many have the luxury to see love ones when they wish, therefore, they go to next resource, which is a phone call. This concept would tie the idea of how much an individual cherishes a relationship and works hard to keep it in tact. I can relate to this since I am far from the people I was used to seeing every morning. I have a family that depends a lot in communication in order to stay connected. My sister and I have a system in which we call one another every day, we try to keep it a routine. For example, last Friday I called her in the afternoon asking her how her day at wok went and asking her if she had already packed for her trip. Phone calls have become convenient to us, when I lived in the house our communication was completely different. Both her and myself were so invested in our personal lives to take a few minutes of the day to ask how one another’s day had gone. Now that we are missing each other’s comfort at we cherish every phone call we exchange. Having a phone call away from each other helps us know what’s going on in each other’s lives rather than trying to fit everything in the two days I’m back at home. Growing relationships over the phone are not always ideal, but having the ability to call allows individuals to want to talk about their day. It makes people feel special to know people are thinking of them when they are off in the world doing other things. In my situation, I now feel more a priority to my sister because we take hours from a day to catch