...Rhetorical Analysis: Growing Up Tethered In Sherry Turkle’s article entitled “Growing up Tethered,” she focuses on the influence of technology on teens today and whether or not it is a good idea to be so involved with it. Turkle goes about persuading her audience by having a really strong purpose, has a fantastic rhetorical situation, makes some amazing claims, and from what I’ve read about she has made a huge influence on our world today. Turkle’s purpose in writing this article is to get across to everyone, but specifically teens about how they can truly find connections with one another in person and not just through technology. Technology is great and our world has improved drastically because of it. But kids today seem to be so focused...
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...------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Is the increasing digitisation of our lives making people more isolated? Is the increasing digitisation of our lives making people more isolated? Word Count: 2086 Word Count: 2086 CIS11 Information Methods Assignment 1 CIS11 Information Methods Assignment 1 Abstract This report outlines the degree to which the increasing digitisation on society is enabling a rise in connectivity amongst peoples, community and society as has never before been seen in any other era. The below argument focuses on the use of social media and online communities as a growing form of interconnectedness and the shift in the traditional form of communication. Looking further into the benefits of digitisation on our lives age demographics of the young and older generation as well as the change in the traditional work place model, shows differences in the approach and application of connecting but the overall incorporation of information communication technology in communicating with people and society. Introduction The digitisation of society occurred almost overnight with information communication technologies integrating itself into almost every facet of daily life. We wake up to the alarm that was set on our iPhone to the tune we downloaded from iTunes. Cars with GPS, iPod connectivity and Bluetooth take us to work where we sit down at a computer for the next eight hours. Society has accepted...
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...Connect, But Alone Does too much of a good thing ever become a problem? Sherry Turkle was trying to answer that question in her TED Talk, “Connected, But Alone?” Turkle was once a huge fan of the innovations of the Internet and she was also in awe of it but she realizes the negative effects of having an instant connection to anyone, anywhere, anything. Turkle gives examples from research she performed to show that technology has become very addicting and that we have become very secluded because of our overuse. She also gets her audience to examine their own personal experiences. What Turkle is showing from her research may make a lot of people unhappy. People will be unhappy because no one agrees to have a problem, especially in the case of addiction. Turkle wants to shine a spotlight on technology addiction, though it may not be as bad as a drug or alcohol addiction. Nevertheless, it is still an addiction. Turkle knows she has to establish credibility in order for her to diagnose mankind with this condition. Turkle uses two different appeals to make this happen. Her first appeal was to use emotion, while her second was informing the audience of who she is by sharing her background with them. In her first appeal, she shared a text from her daughter at the beginning of her presentation. The text message read, “Mom, you will rock.” “I love this. Getting that text was like getting a hug,” she told her audience (Turkle). Just by sharing that little conversation between her and her daughter...
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...The Horror of Technology A week before classes started I went to the bookstore to purchase my books required by classes. For my English Composition class two books were necessary, The Norton’s Field Guide to Writing and Alone Together by Sherry Turkle. I thought to myself, “Great! Not only do we have to write in this class, but we also have to read a book.” I read the cover of the book to get an idea of what this book was all about. “Why we expect more for technology and less from each other”. It seemed slightly interesting. People always hear from their older relatives, “Back in my day…” These statements usually shocked us. Like, how did they do that, or how did they survive? It intrigued me to learn how technology has affected us. We were first assigned to read the Author’s Notes and the Introduction. From this I found out Sherry Turkle was actually a creditable source, not just some random person ranting. She is a teacher at MIT, and also psychoanalytically trained psychologist (Turkle ix-xvii). Likewise, I found out Turkle used various methods to collect data for her book: clinical trials, interviews, research, studying certain age groups, and immersing herself in the environment. We will go more in depth on these methods later. She seemed like an amazingly laid back writing in these sections being very open, throwing in a few comical lines, and telling many stories. “Maybe this was not going to be a boring book after all,” I considered to myself with relief. During the...
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...Students both learn and take time away from education when they are using their phones for social media purposes. Using your phone for texting or social media can be an advantage or disadvantage. I believe both sides of this argument. Kids stir themselves away from learning when using their phones so much. For example Professor Sherry Turkle states that young people are sending and or receiving atleast six to eight thousand texts a month. She also mentions that many young people think relationships are better developed online. Turkle feels that online communication is keeping teens from truly connecting with one another. I agree with this in the sense that if kids are constantly staring at their phones they won’t learn good education...
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...Alone Together By: Rebecca Eickhoff In Sherry Turkle’s article “The Flight from Conversation,” She states, “If we are unable to be alone, we are more likely to be lonely.” I agree completely with her statement because I, myself see this on a daily basis with family. I think it’s a very powerful and eye opening statement. What I read in this article was that people would rather be alone with their devices than be alone with themselves or others. After reading this article, I decided to observe my family for the day and see how much technology has consumed our lives. I woke the next morning to find myself going right to my phone, not to check the time, but to see if anyone text me or called me through the night. I then proceed to check social media and see what I may have missed. At this point I’ve probably wasted 10 minutes of my morning on checking things that really didn’t matter, instead of getting things prepared for the day. I see the same pattern for my kids. Once they’re awaken, its right to their tablets to see if anyone may have attacked them on a game they were playing the night before. It’s a constant battle of me repeatedly telling them to put their tablets down and get dressed. There’s rarely a “good morning, how did you sleep?” Just faces down, buried in their devices. I see it with my husband and I as well. I can be in a room on the other side of the house, instead of coming in the room to ask me something or just to tell me about his day, he will text me what’s...
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...advantages, for example in economy, trade, and communication. As much as we want technology to operate immaculately, the drawbacks to technology is inevitable. Some argue that the rapid growth of technology may cause destruction upon Earth. This essay will represent my arguments and analyze the merits and demerits of technology before a reasonable conclusion can be drawn. As I was writing this essay, I thought about my own addiction to cyber world. My smartphone is always with me 24/7 and it also sleeps next to my bed. First thing I do when I wake up is to check my phone. It becomes a habit through time, and I tend to get distracted by my iPhone easily. I can’t even last half a day without it. Youngsters these days live by the phrase, as Turkle said it “Alone Together”. However, I’m questioning myself after the research I conducted before beginning this essay. Why do we check our smartphones hundred times a day? Do we even know what the word “social” means in this modernized era? The word Social, according to dictionary.com means seeking or enjoying the companionship of others; this firmly implies face-to-face interaction. Nevertheless, this definition conflicts with today's perception of social networking, in which we interact mainly with screens rather than...
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...Turkle chose to begin her essay with a paradox, which was an extremely effective technique. Opening with this paradox, Turkle sets the tone for the rest of her essay; “We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection.” (Page 4). From the very beginning, we can assume that Turkle is disappointed in the method of communicating that society has chosen. Through her diction, using “sacrificed” when describing conversation, and “mere” when describing connection, it is evident that she favors conversation, weighing it to be more complex than connection. Turkle intelligently uses ethos to provide the reader with evidence, which she uses to support her claims. Turkle...
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...Just a moment ago, my daughter Rebecca texted me for good luck. Her text said, "Mom, you will rock." I love this. Getting that text was like getting a hug. And so there you have it. I embody the central paradox. I'm a woman who loves getting texts who's going to tell you that too many of them can be a problem. Actually that reminder of my daughter brings me to the beginning of my story. 1996, when I gave my first TEDTalk, Rebecca was five years old and she was sitting right there in the front row. I had just written a book that celebrated our life on the internet and I was about to be on the cover of Wired magazine. In those heady days, we were experimenting with chat rooms and online virtual communities. We were exploring different aspects of ourselves. And then we unplugged. I was excited. And, as a psychologist, what excited me most was the idea that we would use what we learned in the virtual world about ourselves, about our identity, to live better lives in the real world. Now fast-forward to 2012. I'm back here on the TED stage again. My daughter's 20. She's a college student. She sleeps with her cellphone, so do I. And I've just written a new book, but this time it's not one that will get me on the cover of Wired magazine. So what happened? I'm still excited by technology, but I believe, and I'm here to make the case, that we're letting it take us places that we don't want to go. Over the past 15 years, I've studied technologies of mobile communication and I've...
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...The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled--but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good-will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation. He had a weak point--this Fortunato--although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. Few Italians have the true virtuoso spirit. For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity--to practise imposture upon the British and Austrian millionaires. In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack--but in the matter of old wines he was sincere. In this respect I did not differ from him materially: I was skillful in the Italian vintages myself, and bought largely whenever I could. It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness...
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...wine connoisseur against whom Montresor seeks revenge. The story begins during the carnival. Montresor avenge against one of his "friends," ironically named Fortunato, for insulting him, and explains that he has found a way to avenge himself that satisfies the two conditions he has: that Fortunato knows for sure Montresor is behind it and that he himself escapes revenge or punishment. Fortunato has a cold. Montresor finds his friend Fortunato at dusk. He is drunk and dressed in carnival costume as a jester. Using reverse psychology, he induces Fortunato, whose knowledge of fine wine he admires, to follow him into the catacombs underneath his palazzo to determine if his newly-acquired barrel storage cask of Amontillado, a kind of Spanish sherry, is indeed authentic and thus worth the price he has paid. They talk as they walk deep into the catacombs, discussing Fortunato's health, the Montresor family motto Nemo me impune lacessit, Latin for "No one assails me with impunity", and membership in the Freemasons. The ominous atmosphere intensifies as they continue to the damp, potassium nitrate air of the Montresor crypt. Dumbfounded at the absence of the Amontillado at the end of their passage, Fortunato stands 'stupidly bewildered' and Montresor takes advantage of the situation, suddenly chaining Fortunato to the wall in a small alcove roughly the size of a coffin. Montresor seals the doorway with bricks as Fortunato regains his sobriety and pleads in desperation. During the process...
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...The Motive behind the Murder Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” describes Montresor’s deadly revenge against his friend Fortunato who he claims has insulted him. Since readers are unable to find the precise explanation of Montresor’s abhorrence of Fortunato, most of the readers conclude that Montresor is insane and unbalanced. However, this interpretation fails to explain the character of Montresor and goes against the intricate details of the plot. The short story’s emphasis on the elaborate murder shows Montresor’s sophisticated philosophy of revenge, which is “No one insults me with impunity”. The motive of his vengeance is because of Fortunato’s arrogance and his insulting Montresor, who is indeed equal or even superior to him. Since Fortunato can remember neither the coat of arms nor the motto of Montresor, it is logical to say that Fortunato comes from a less prominent family than Montresor. The conflict between Fortunato and Montresor arises from the sensation of incongruity between their current social standing and their right to prominence by virtue of their origin. Fortunato regards Montresor’s family as less prominent than his family because Montresor is not an active participant in the life of local aristocracy. When Fortunato noted how extensive the vaults are, Montresor tells him that he came from a great and enormous family. However, Fortunato cannot remember Montresor’s coat of arms and his family motto. At that time, the display of a family’s...
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...Pride is a strong word that can cause pain if their pride is not kept in check as Fortunato’s was. He believed to be an impeccable connoisseur of incredible wine and goes as far as to insult others by saying phrases similar to how “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry” (237), which is another way of explaining just how poor of a taster Luchesi is in Fortunato’s eyes. Analyzing the numerous instances of symbolism with the use of Fortunato, Montresor, and a Motto in Edgar Allan Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” to portray pride and pain. Fortunato is a man full of pride all the way to the brim, but because of that he ends up falling into a trap set to cause him pain, even though he is of royal status and his name means blessed, happy, or...
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...MINUTES MEETING DATE: 08/29/2013 Meeting Location: Small Conference Room Approval: DRAFT Recorded By: Benson Li Attendance |NAME |TITLE |PRESENT | |PATRICK LYONS |CONTROLLER |Y | |WILLIAM WANG |ACCOUNTING MANAGER |Y | |ALICE LEE |A/R |Y | |MINA XU |A/P |Y | |BONNIE HA |PURCHASING |Y | |SHERRY WANG |COO |Y | MEETING START MEETING SCHEDULE START: 09:00 Meeting Actual Start: 09:10 Meeting Scribe: Benson Li Agenda • PURCHASING MATERIAL o PN 8964 (Fiber glass filter paper) ▪ Main material (needs immediate payment) ▪ Use Visa card to pay for material • System to Expedite Projects o Additional training is required o Need a process to elevate issues up the chain of management o Patrick can provide solutions if notified in advance • Purchasing o Patrick is requesting a list of problems (material related) by this afternoon o Issues need to be raised to a level...
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...The Cask of Amontillado is a story about how someone seeks revenge for being insulted by his former friend. Montresor gets his revenge by devising a plan and tricking his former friend into his own death. In The Cask of Amontillado, Poe uses the theme of getting revenge through the use of misplaced trust, betrayal, and hatred for another person. Poe uses the misplaced trust of Fortunato towards Montresor to show the theme of getting revenge in the story. Montresor asks Fortunato to come check his cask of wine for him and Fortunato tells him that he will gladly help. He sees no reason to not trust Montresor so he goes willingly to help someone he considers to be a friend. Secretly Montresor is carrying out a plan for Fortunato’s demise and...
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