The Flight From (Or Is It To?) Conversation
Sherry Turkle's opinion piece, "The Flight From Conversation," sparked (ahem) a heated conversation on Twitter today. I captured just a few of the tweets (ending w/my making a date for another conversation with my dear friend Alexandra Drane).
Thank you Sherry Turkle.. We needed such an article // The Flight From Conversation nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opi…
RT @nathanjurgenson: Turkle's nytimes op-ed, "we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection" nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opi… #makeitstop
RT @nathanjurgenson: turkle: FB provides you "automatic" audience, made of fake robots! me: no, they are the people you interact w/ offline, too
@nathanjurgenson There is no zero sum there. Displacement, yes. Zero sum, no. Think of it as different forms of water: ice, liquid, steam.
@nathanjurgenson noooo, don't go there re: TV. Just like social media, TV isn't the oversimplified social evil that moral panics say it is!
@nathanjurgenson And interaction matters even w/o offline aspect. Exiles & other groups often have no choice but to interact solely online.
@nathanjurgenson Plus the mythologizing of f2f conversation as rich, deep, meaningful connection vs surface politeness bs and annoyances.- @nathanjurgenson can we take some consolation from fact that my book arguing against 'the myth of cyberspace' is getting taught a lot?
RT @nathanjurgenson: also, why privilege *physical* proximity as the measure of "near" and "social"?- RT @nathanjurgenson: people dont use soc.media just to keep others far away, but often to bring them closer. soc.media NOT a different place!
@adrane I read that and thought of your genius insights on how ppl prefer robot voice reminders for intimate health issues #counterpoint
@SusannahFox It's true-would love also 2use our tech to share convo starters ppl can use in their cars/at dinner 2regain lost art of convo- @SusannahFox YES-good old fashioned cup of tea sipping bodies thrown on couches akimbo lazy day hours&hours conversation -no tech allowed.
RT @SusannahFox: I think health care could learn from this conversation: when and how is tech used well? To spark ideas, deepen understanding?
@SusannahFox And when does tech distract from but not replace essential conversation fundamental to real doctor/patient connection?
@SusannahFox There is a deeper value in using technology to communicate - knowledge building: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge…- @SusannahFox For a clinical example of knowledge building pls see my paper with @ajadad: ogrdy.ca/qzTIFR
What we're reading @pewinternet: The Flight From Conversation by @STurkle nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opi…- Our contribution to the conversation: data on the social impact of technology: pewrsr.ch/IhnK6H
