Talk:Sherry Turkle

message: There should be people out there who understand these things much better than I do. Why don't you have a go at this stub? KF
Oy.  I do know how to spell. :-(  -- Zoe
:I do not understand: Is this a belated comment on my August 27, 2002 invitation to add something to this biography? KF 06:34 Feb 6, 2003 (UTC)
::No, no, it was your correcting of my atrocious spelling of psychologist.  :-)  -- Zoe
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Turkle studies Computer addiction? what's that? Kingturtle 10:12 Apr 20, 2003 (UTC)
There's a fair amount of redundancy in this article, and Life on the Screen.  Specifically the part about hard/soft mastery, bricolage, etc.  Should this info be removed from one of the articles?  Which?  Max 02:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Changing the subject, does no one have any criticisms of her work?  I find it dubious that no one has publicly criticised her work.
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Wow, this article needs work.  Very rough and mostly highlighting weird tidbits but missing the important stuff.  Let's fix it!  Asbruckman (talk) 19:40, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
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message: The introduction of the article is lengthy and broken apart. Each separate paragraph states a different fact about Turkle's life, instead of each paragraph being connected to each other.  The article could also use more pictures to make the article more lively, because the only one used is the one picture of Turkle in the little introduction box. The balance of the article is not very balanced, because the longest segment of the article is the introduction.  The rest of the sections (which include books, papers and reports, interviews, references, and external links), need a lot more elaboration because the majority of them only contain lists of references. There are no explanations of these sections.  Also, there should be a lot more sections in this article, based on the insufficient amount of information that is included in each one.  There are aspects of the topic that are missing.  The article coverage also needs a little work, because there are no negative criticisms of Turkle; there are only positive facts about her and her work.  There needs to be a balance between the positive and the negative criticisms in order to show that the article is not biased in any way.  In terms of reliable sources, it does not appear that the article used many reliable sources, if any, because there are not nearly enough references or footnotes used in the article.  There are a total of only two footnotes, which means that not enough sources were used, and the article may have been written without complete information about the subject.
Marinarasauce93 (talk) 21:39, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Structure and Content of the Article

message: "We should start thinking of solitude as a good thing. Find ways to demonstrate this as a value to your children. Create sacred spaces at home and reclaim them for conversation and also talk to your collage at work. Try to develop a more self-aware relationship with digital technologies, with each other and with ourselves." is not NPOV.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.97.45.191 (talk) 01:53, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
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message: The section on Alone Together is very detailed, but reads like a college essay. Should be condensed and rewritten with a more encyclopedic tone using less judgment about the book's message. Vejlenser (talk) 06:40, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It should be split out into a new article instead. 166.176.58.214 (talk) 22:18, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
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message: In Sherry Turkle's bio, her book "Reclaiming Conversation" is not added. "Reclaiming Conversation" discusses the effects of technology on its users and the lack of empathy that comes as a result when conversation is eradicated. I have read the book for a class at the University of San Francisco with a group of classmates that are now working to edit her bio. Is anyone opposed to "Reclaiming Conversation" being added.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmalioto (talk • contribs) 17:05, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sherry Turkle's book "Reclaiming Conversation" 

message: Reclaiming Conversation is Turkle's examination of evolving interpersonal and intrapersonal communications, and The Power of Talk in A Digital Age. As a precursor to her novel, Turkle cites Henry David Thoreau's Walden in her organization of the book: "I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." This book is thus divided into three general parts: a single chair for intrapersonal communication, two chairs concerning the importance of conversations in friendships, families and romances, and three chairs for interpersonal communication such as in school, work, and politics. Turkle gathered data from schools, companies, families, and articulates the statistical and psychoanalytic barriers that have forced users to "sacrifice conversation for mere connection". This trade-off in interwoven intimacies and apps ultimately withholds the necessary face-to-face experiences that are needed for generating authentic connection. The capacity to interact on a personal or private basis is the cornerstone to empathy, and Turkle argues that loneliness is also essential to this. Paradoxically, Turkle presents the blossoming of technologies role in our reconciliation of lonely experiences and maintaining close social interactions.  While access to mobile devices can empower connections with pre-existing relationships, it can also harm the general sense of solitude and ability to meet personal and social standards on a grander scale. The ability to connect through technology then becomes the compromise that chatting online is "better than nothing".
A few recommended edits:  "As a precursor to her novel" I think you mean "preamble" not "precursor" (or even "introduction"). And, novel is not a synonym for "book." Turkle's is a work of non-fiction, so you have to refer to it as a book.Cathygaborusf (talk) 21:59, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reclaiming Conversation