Growing up Attached to Electronics
Terkle talks about how kids and teens today have grown up and are growing up being way too attached to cell phones and the internet. Terkle talks about three main points in the article including: degrees of separation, the collaborative self, and the avatar of me (Terkle 1-5). I agree with her that kids and teens have become attached to electronics and the Internet because I personally rely on them to get through the day usually. The first main topic she gets across is the ‘Degrees of Separation’. Terkle explains this by saying that with the advantage of the Internet and online profiles, we teens always expect our friends to be available all the time. The second thing she explains is the ‘Collaborative Self’; Terkle describes this as …show more content…
She talks about identity and how it has become a big part in game worlds, like Sims, and also in social media, too (Terkle 4). She talked to a girl named Mona and she said that once she got a Facebook page, she felt like she had power, meaning that she could show everyone who she really is. I feel that a lot of people my around my age feel that way, that social media gives them some type of power. Terkle talks about an old tradition from the Victorian era. It was through calling cards. If you sent one and you got one in return, that meant that your friendship or relationship with that person could grow (Terkle 4). She uses this as kind of a comparison to how Facebook works with the friend requests. All in all, I definitely agree with Terkle that growing up attached to electronics and technology has really change people, especially my generation and younger. I think that Terkle had a lot of supporting evidence from teens and even preteens that have really shown exactly what she was trying to get across, which was how technology has majorly impacted the
Terkle talks about how kids and teens today have grown up and are growing up being way too attached to cell phones and the internet. Terkle talks about three main points in the article including: degrees of separation, the collaborative self, and the avatar of me (Terkle 1-5). I agree with her that kids and teens have become attached to electronics and the Internet because I personally rely on them to get through the day usually. The first main topic she gets across is the ‘Degrees of Separation’. Terkle explains this by saying that with the advantage of the Internet and online profiles, we teens always expect our friends to be available all the time. The second thing she explains is the ‘Collaborative Self’; Terkle describes this as …show more content…
She talks about identity and how it has become a big part in game worlds, like Sims, and also in social media, too (Terkle 4). She talked to a girl named Mona and she said that once she got a Facebook page, she felt like she had power, meaning that she could show everyone who she really is. I feel that a lot of people my around my age feel that way, that social media gives them some type of power. Terkle talks about an old tradition from the Victorian era. It was through calling cards. If you sent one and you got one in return, that meant that your friendship or relationship with that person could grow (Terkle 4). She uses this as kind of a comparison to how Facebook works with the friend requests. All in all, I definitely agree with Terkle that growing up attached to electronics and technology has really change people, especially my generation and younger. I think that Terkle had a lot of supporting evidence from teens and even preteens that have really shown exactly what she was trying to get across, which was how technology has majorly impacted the