Yeah, just go to Google and type in the title, "The Flight From Conversation."
As far as this article, I feel that Turkle does challenge Wesch because Wesch seems to embrace technology while Turkle rejects it.
Wesch says that the technological movement is NOT a fad and takes on the attitude, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." Turkle says, "Beat 'em." Wesch views technology as an opportunity. Turkle views it as a deterrent. Wesch would subscribe to,"Let's make a class blog." Turkle would say "Get in groups and discuss." Wesch also seems to write about the technology/education relationship whereas Turkle leans toward the technology/communication pair.
In describing this article, Turkle does echo many of the same sentiments that I feel regarding the issue of communication today. I feel that there is a contradiction in our society right now in that we have so many ways to communicate, yet we rarely talk. It's like, we email, we text, we blog, we Facebook, we post, we update, we cut, we paste, we forward, but we rarely call, we rarely meet, we rarely speak, we rarely discuss. As Turkle sums it up, our existence today is one of "I share, therefore I am.” Maybe we are producers after all?
By the way, did you know that Grocking was the first form of Facebooking?
Take a look at this scene from Silver Spoons (yes, another '80s tv reference). You can skip the theme song if you'd like, but if you can, watch minutes 1 through 3. Who knew that chatting online existed in 1986? And yes, that is Carlton from Fresh Prince of Bel Air with him:)
great video clip. why would anyone skip the opening credits? Nostalgia!!! :)
ReplyDeleteGoing to what Seth said in his blog, isn't nostalgia (many teenages do not know the Lady Godiva, they think it is just chocolat) and the fight to hold onto what is in the past the problem. Maybe humans don't need to talk in person as much any more, after all no one wants to go through the thoughts that Ricky did in the clip after they decided to meet. I wonder what TV will be like when it is nothing but just chating online and bloging? Maybe it will just be people sitting there and we will see conversation bubbles above their heads showing us what they are typing and looking at.
ReplyDeleteWondering where you stand on, "I share, therefore I am." Like yesterday's class discussion - do people become the things they are perceived to be? Will our definition of communication change because of the the "share" button on all the websites we read? Will that become the new standard of conversation?
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