Most recently, she published the bestselling reclaiming conversation. Computers and the human spirit, made groundless assertions and seemed to be carried along more by her affection for certain theories than by a careful look at our current situation, life on the screen is a balanced and nuanced look at some. Request pdf on jan 1, 2005, sherry turkle and others published the second self find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. In 1984 she published the second book in this series, the second self. Computers and the human spirit mit press sherry turkle the second self. Computers and the human spirit twentieth anniversary edition, including new introduction, epilogue, and notes. Understanding the igeneration and the way they learn palgrave macmillan, 2010, 250 pages sherry turkle, the second self. Computers and the human spirit in 1984 psychologist and sociologist sherry turkle has been studying how technology changes not only what we do but also whom we are.
Professor turkle received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from harvard university and. Simulation and its discontents alone together why we expect more from technology and less from each other sherry turkle basi c books. In the second self, sherry turkle looks at the computer not as a tool, but as part of o. What sherry turkle noticed and elucidated, however, went a step beyond the popular thinking. Just a moment ago, my daughter rebecca texted me for good luck.
Sherry observed children playing with computer toys and listened to their theorizing. Sherry turkle is available for speaking engagements including keynote addresses, speeches, panels, conference talks, and advisoryconsulting services through the exclusive representation of stern speakers, a division of stern strategy group. The empathy gap digital culture needs what talk therapy offers. The second self, life on the screen and most recently, alone together. In the second self, sherry turkle looks at the computer not as a tool, but as part of our social and. In her influential first book on new media, the second self, she exploredalongside careful. A new edition of the classic primer in the psychology of computation, with a new introduction, a new epilogue, and extensive notes added to the original text. A recent example of postmodernist philosophy can be found in the work of mit professor sherry turkle, in her book life on the screen.
Since the late 1990s social computing has offered an opportunity to experiment with a virtual second self. The second self is a provocative study of the computer encounters of children and adults in schools, video arcades, and within computer subcultures. The second self by sherry turkle overdrive rakuten. It is also a world in which life ceases merely to imitate television. Technology is harming our relationships, and we can stop it. Sherry turkle is the abby rockefeller mauze professor of the social studies of science and technology in the program in science, technology, and society at mit, and the founding director of the mit initiative on technology and self. We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. A psychoanalytically trained sociologist and psychologist, she is the author of the second self. Sherry turkle selected publications, presentations, and. Renowned media scholar sherry turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivityand why reclaiming facetoface conversation can help us regain lost ground we live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. Turkle has been married twice, first to mit researcher seymour papert, and then to consultant ralph willard. Humanum, summer 20, technology in the home rosen and turkle. Mar 25, 2011 sherry turkle talks about why we expect more from technology and less from each other.
Childrens encounters with ideas like self reference, infinity, and paradox are disturbing and exciting and made more mysterious by ambiguious responses from parents. Sherry turkle is a mit technology and society specialist who is interested in the influence of technology at human life and behavior. Sherry turkle is a professor, author, consultant, researcher, and licensed clinical psychologist who has. First published in 1984, the second self is still essential reading as a primer in the psychology of computation. Why we expect more from technology and less from each. She looks at how the computer affects the way we look. A brilliant and challenging discussion presented with extraordinary clarity. Sherry turkle is abby rockefeller mauze professor of the social studies of science and technology at mit and founder and director of the mit initiative on technology and self. Here is the full transcript of cultural analyst sherry turkles talk titled connected, but alone. The second self life on the screen evocative objects ed. More than a decade after her groundbreaking study, the second self 1984, mit psychologist turkle returns to the subject of human views of and relationships with computers and through computers. Computers and the human spirit, twentieth anniversary edition mit press, 2004, 372 pages.
In the second self, turkle defines the computer as more than just a tool, but part of our everyday personal and psychological lives. The second self, twentieth anniversary edition the mit press. A licensed clinical psychologist, she is the founder and director of the mit initiative on technology and self. Technology reinvents intimacy and solitude sherry turkle massachusetts institute of technology w hen i first came to mit, in 1976, at the very birth of the personal computer culture, even the most cuttingedge faculty did not know what the new home computers would do. Wiki for collaborative studies of arts, media and humanities. Introduction the evocative object on a cold january dawn in 1800, a boy of about thirteen came out of the woods near the village of saintsernin in the aveyron region of southern france. There is also a discussion of sherry turkle s ideas in part two of an essay on the movie groundhog day. There is sherry turkle the writer of books psychoanalytic politics basic books, 1978 and the second self. Computers and the human spirit mit press sherry turkle in the second self, sherry turkle looks at the computer not as a tool, but as part of our social and psychological lives.
Pdf documents, 99,000 web pages, and 44,000 pictures. Turkle sherry the second self computers and the human. Computers and the human spirit, based largely on interviews with young children, college students, engineers, ai. Turkle sherry the second self computers and the human spirit 20th ed. The second self a new edition of the classic primer in the psychology of computation, with a new introduction, a new epilogue, and extensive notes added to the original text. The book traces the movement of computational ideas from computer subcultures to everyday life and points out their implications for growth and development. Video games and computer holding power when video games became a major force in popular culture, in the early 1980s, everyone noticed. Technology, she writes, catalyzes changes not only in what we do but in how we. Sherry turkle studies how technology is shaping our modern relationships. Childrens encounters with ideas like selfreference, infinity, and paradox are disturbing and exciting and made more mysterious by ambiguious responses from parents.
Why we expect more from technology and less from each other sherry turkle is a mit technology and society specialist who is interested in the influence of technology at human life and behavior. Dec 14, 2014 here is the full transcript of cultural analyst sherry turkles talk titled connected, but alone. Apr 26, 2011 in the second self, sherry turkle looks at the computer not as a tool, but as part of our social and psychological lives. The second self computers and the human spirit by sherry turkle simon and schuster new york. In the second self, sherry turkle looks at the computer not as a tool, but as part of our social and psychological lives. Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. Technology is harming our relationships, and we can stop. Renowned media scholar sherry turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivityand why reclaiming facetoface conversation can help us regain lost ground. Introduction the evocative object on a cold january dawn in 1800, a. They say its a skill they mastered in middle school when they wanted to text in class without getting caught. Turkle studied the way people interact on socalled muds or roleplaying games on the internet, in which they play fictional characters in equally fictitious worlds, created with.
As sherry turkle makes clear in the title to her book, now that we are blessed with hightechnology simulations, thats us we are watching on the screen. No one has a better handle on how we are using material technology to transform our immaterial self than sherry turkle. Turkle is the author five books and three edited collections, including a trilogy of three landmark studies on our relationship with digital culture. Things we think with edited and with an introduction by sherry turkle. Jan 01, 1984 in the second self, sherry turkle looks at the computer not as a tool, but as part of our social and psychological lives. Tell us your interests and well pick ted talks just for you. Facebook, twitter, foursquare, and the host of other technologies that invite us to connect to each other through a variety of internetbased interfaces seem to be technologies that provoke existential questions. Sherry turkle is rapidly becoming the sociologist of the internet, and thats beginning to seem like a good thing. Introduction video games and computer holding power. Computers and the human spirit twentieth anniversary edition, mit press, life on the screen. Sherry turkle talks about why we expect more from technology and less from each other. Why we expect more from technology and less from each other, by sherry turkle by rob clowes the social web.
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