Some notes from two of Sherry Turkle's works:
Turkle, S. (1994) Constructions and Reconstructions of Self in Virtual Reality: Playing in the MUDS.
Mind, Culture, and Activity. Vol. 1, No. 3 summer.
and
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
These works are well worth reading in full.
This is just some points taken from those readings to be used in my class
A presentation on Fight Club for WJEC FM4 Film Studies. It looks at the post modern elements in the film. If the gifs don't work get in touch and I can email the PowerPoint
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SEMINAR FOR FIRST-YEAR PHD/EDD STUDENTS - FALL 2009 & WINTER 2010 University of Calgary
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A presentation on Fight Club for WJEC FM4 Film Studies. It looks at the post modern elements in the film. If the gifs don't work get in touch and I can email the PowerPoint
Presentation of Erving Goffman`s dramaturgical approach.
SEMINAR FOR FIRST-YEAR PHD/EDD STUDENTS - FALL 2009 & WINTER 2010 University of Calgary
I will be happy to share the full text for this presentation if you need it. Contact me avatarnadezda@gmail.com
this powerpoint presentation is for better understanding of Ethnomethodology. In this presentation ethnomethodology is compared with phenomenology and mainstream social science .the criticism of mainstream sociology by ethnomethodologist is also a part of the presentation. the last slide consist of criticism of enthomethodology
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University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Organizational Behavior in Educational Settings
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Guest lecture for TCSS 452 (Human-Computer Interaction) at University of Washington, Tacoma, on Sherry Turkle's book, Alone Together, and the broader theme of human-robot interaction
Second Life and Social Media: Networking Gold Mine or Time Sink?Jean-Claude Bradley
An overview of how social media and Second Life can be used to productively network. Prominent recent examples involving Deepak Singh, Bora Zivkovic, Beth Ritter-Guth and others will be highlighted. Then Second Life content that enables collaboration, especially in chemistry, will be detailed. The presentation ends with an example of hyper-networking using FriendFeed.
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Making sense of the networked audience: The case of Facebook
- Dr. Bernie Hogan is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute
Social media sites are excellent at gathering friends, but not so great at making sense of them. This leads to social information overload: too many ties, too much information and too much tedium. There is a great deal of information latent in these friendships that can be used to make sense of our networks, both spatially and relationally. Particularly through the use of social network analysis (SNA), we can discover hidden influencers and coherent clusters. This talk will give an overview of some concepts of social network analysis and demonstrate how these can be applied to online social media sites.
Bernie will use as case study his ongoing fieldwork on Facebook with Microsoft Research that demonstrates mismatches between the way individuals organize their online friendships and the way that order emerges from the friendships naturally. These findings will be distilled into some general principles that can be applied to social network sites generally.
An ‘open source’ networked identity - On young people’s construction and co-construction of identity on social network sites
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Introduction to PhilosophyFall 2017Essay Exam 2Due Date Tues.docxnormanibarber20063
Introduction to Philosophy
Fall 2017
Essay Exam 2
Due Date Tuesday November 7
1000 words
Essays in Unit 2
Gilbert Ryle, “Descartes’s Myth”
John Searle, “Can Computers Think?”
David Chalmers, “The Hard Problem of Consciousness”
Here are some general directions before you read the questions. You only answer 1 prompt, but in each question you are asked to agree or disagree with the position in the reading that starts the question. In doing so you are giving reasons to agree or disagree and that must be more than simply repeating what is in the exposition.
The completed essay must be 1000 words; your discussion should be roughly 800 for the expository part and 200 words for critical assessment part. I emphasize that this separate word count is rough, so the critical assessment could be longer. But keep in mind that there must be content in any critical assessment. If it is just filler beyond 200 words, then that will not improve your essay.
Choose 1 of the following
1. Discuss Ryle’s criticism of Descartes’s mind-body dualism and how Ryle supports his criticism. Discuss your critical assessment of Ryle (i.e., reasons for agreeing or disagreeing).
2. Discuss Searle’s position on strong AI and how he defends it. Discuss your critical assessment of Searle (i.e., reasons for agreeing or disagreeing).
3. Discuss Chalmers position on consciousness and how he defends it. Discuss your critical assessment of Chalmers (i.e., reasons for agreeing or disagreeing).
Chapter 28 TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIALITY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM: CURRENT CHALLENGES FOR THE HUMAN SERVICE GENERALIST
EUGENE M. DeROBERTIS AND ROBERT SALDARINI
Human services can be characterized as a broad social movement designed to counterbalance the emphasis on rugged individualism in American culture (Cimmino, 1999, p. 13). Thus, part and parcel of the human service orientation toward helping others is the notion that human service generalists place “a portion of responsibility on society for creating conditions that reduce opportunities for people to be successful by perpetuating social problems” (p. 14). Among the myriad challenges that human service generalists address in their work are problems involving the development of the self within the social context (p. 10). As is well known, Maslow’s (1968) hierarchy of needs speaks to the importance of interpersonal relations in self-development with his articulation of needs for love and belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization. Hansell’s motivation theory also addresses the need for a co-constitution of the self by noting that humans need intimacy, closeness, belonging, self-identity, and social roles (Schmolling and Burger, 1989). Accordingly, it is in the interest of competent service delivery for human service workers to be aware of burgeoning trends in the interpersonal dimension of our lives that pose new challenges to a healthy social climate and optimal self-development. Such trends can be found in the ever-increasing rel.
Presentazione di Paolo Massa nell'ambito del Seminario residenziale “L’approccio territoriale tra aiuto e crescita” - 22-23 giugno 2012 - Villa Flangini - Asolo - Organizzato dal SerAT (Servizio Alcologia e Tabagismo Ulss 8)
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People Can’t Live Without It Anymore
Social networking service may negatively affect a person’s behavior. Forms of such things like instant messaging and chat rooms are called social networking service, also known as ‘SNS.’ SNS shifted the way people communicate, but also affects behavior negatively. Nevertheless, since people live in the world where every single word is sent by technology, living without it seems impossible. The issue is, do e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, and other forms of online communication bring people closer together? All three sources answer “No.” Even though modern technology makes people’s life better, it slowly enslaves them little by little; people can’t live without it anymore. The three sources take up the position that social networking service affects people’s behavior negatively, although with three different perspectives.
First of all, the issue of negative effect of technology on communication is viewed by Susan Tardanico from the sociological perspective. Impact on interpersonal communication is the most prominent negative effect of technology on communication and lack of interpersonal communication has reduced the nonverbal grasping power of individuals. Susan Tardanico argues that increased frequency of communication through texting and chatting cause lack of the ability to express the ideas and emotions to others face-to-face. People use their nonverbal cues, such as a smile or a frown when they communicate with others face-to-face and this is another layer of communication. But technology doesn’t allow people to catch these sorts of nonverbal cues. This leads people to misunderstand the actual meaning of what others intend to say (“Is Social Media Sabotaging Real Communication?”). Overall, Susan Tardanico emphasizes technology causes lack of interpersonal communication. The evidence she uses to support her thesis does support her sociological perspective. For example, she writes, “With 93% of our communication context stripped away, we are now attempting to forge relationships and make decisions based on phrases. Abbreviations. Snippets. Emoticons. Which may or may not be accurate representations of the truth” (Is Social Media Sabotaging Real Communication?). For such sociological reasons, author’s position is satisfactorily explained. Furthermore there is the psychological perspective.
Moreover, the issue of anxiety disorder was reported by CBS Seattle from the psychological perspective. Facebook and Twitter, the most widely used social networking services now can affect person’s behavior psychologically. CBS Seattle claims that the pressures from technology act as a tipping point, making people feel more insecure and more overwhelmed. The news goes into detail that behaviors such as having trouble being able to disconnect and relax, spending too much time in front of a computer and comparing themselves to others could be referred to a ...
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Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
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Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
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An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
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Discussion on Sherry Turkle and her ideas about self, identity and technology
1. Some Discussions on
Sherry Turkle
Nick Reynolds
ICT and C21 Learning Communities
The University of Melbourne
2. Constructions and Reconstructions of
Self in Virtual Reality
What individuals alone can achieve is ‘raised to a higher power’ when
communicating with computers (in this case through MUDs)
Turkle, S. (1994) Constructions and Reconstructions of Self in Virtual Reality: Playing in the MUDS.
Mind, Culture, and Activity. Vol. 1, No. 3 summer.
3. Online Self
Julee – role plays her own relationship with her mother with positive
consequences. Turkle sees this as the opposite of how online games are
portrayed
“You are the character and you are not the character both at the same time,” “you
are who you pretend to be”
Peter’s learning of world politics, culture and economics developed through
MUDs
Anonymity, invisibility, multiplicity
4. Positive Outcomes
The computer as an ‘evocative object’ – promotes self
reflection and stimulates thought
Gender swapping and development of understanding and
empathy of the social construction of gender
Habitat as a representation of ‘real’ life
‘Virtual reality is not “real”, but it has a relationship to
the real. By being betwixt and between, it becomes a play
space for thinking about the real world’ (p. 165)
Compare with her discussion about the liminal nature of
neighbourhood spaces in Turkle (2008)
Turkle, S. (1994) Constructions and Reconstructions of Self in Virtual Reality: Playing in the MUDS.
Mind, Culture, and Activity. Vol. 1, No. 3 summer.
5. Virtual Relationships
Human interactions with Artificial Intelligence
Blade Runner
HAL 9000
Alien
The Turing Test
http://www.turinghub.com/
‘Watch for a nascent culture of virtual reality that underscores the
ways in which we construct gender and the self, the ways in which we
become what we play, argue about and build. And watch for a culture
that leaves new space for the idea that he or she who plays, and
builds might be doing so with a machine’ (p. 167)
Turkle, S. (1994) Constructions and Reconstructions of Self in Virtual Reality: Playing in the MUDS.
Mind, Culture, and Activity. Vol. 1, No. 3 summer.
6. Always-On/Always-On-You: The
tethered self
Connection to technology and availability – always communicating
electronically
Connectedness is essential and working technology must be close
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
7. Always-On/Always-On-You: The
tethered self
‘Increasingly what people want out of public spaces is that they offer a place
to be private with tethering technologies’, mad people talking, shouting,
gesturing, laughing to themselves – all tolerated as the norm now
‘neighbourhood spaces themselves become liminal, not entirely public, not
entirely private’
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
8. Redefined presence
The act of using a mobile phone ‘transports’ the user ‘to the space of the new
ether, virtualised’
‘the rapid movements from physical to a multiplicity of digital selves’ described
through the metaphor of ‘cycling-through’
‘With cell technology, rapid cycling stabilises into a sense of continual co-presence’
(p. 122)
‘Wherever I am, whatever I am doing, I am psychologically tuned to the connections that
matter’
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
9. Grammars of ‘transport’
A new set of signs that signify a person is ‘elsewhere’
Looking at their lap
Speaking into the air
Loss of focus
Shift of gaze
‘They are transported to the space of a new ether, virtualised’ (p. 123)
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
10. New Grammars of communication
SMS – ‘It is hard to get too many words on the phone keyboard and there is
not cultural incentive to do so
Online, On my phone, On Facebook, On the Web – a suggestion of a ‘tethered
self’
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
11. New connectedness
‘Ignoring those one is physically “with” to give priority to online others’
Sitting in international conferences checking email
Tweeting about conference speakers’ presentation
‘these conversations are as much about jockeying for professional position … as
they are about what is being said at the podium’
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
12. Embodied Status
Remote connectedness enables you to work in exotic locations
Tethering to technology helps you ‘love your body’
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
13. Community and ‘friends’
Size of one’s contact list important
How many friends or followers do you have?
‘we are wanted by those we know … the potential, as yet unknown friends
who wait for us in virtual places’
Being more attached to the site rather than to the acquaintances within it
‘The site becomes a transference object: the place where friendships come
from’
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
14. Working on identity
‘We never “graduate” from working on identity; we simply work on it with
the materials we have at hand’
People aren’t tethered to their devices. They are tethered to the
gratifications offered by their online selves
Affection, conversation, new beginnings, vanit
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
15. Working on identity
‘More than the sum of their instrumental functions, tethering devices help to
constitute new subjectivities.
Powerful evocative objects for adults, they are even more intense and
compelling for adolescents, at that point in development when identity play
is at the centre of life’ (p. 125)
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
16. Creating Personae
Avatars in games
Web pages
Facebook profiles
Playlists
Sharing bookmarks (delicious)
‘Multiple playlists reflect aspects of self. And once you have collected your own
music, you can make connections to people all over the world to whom you can
send your songs’ (p. 126)
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
17. Inner History
Relationships to artifacts and the promise of connections
Removal of ability for single reflection
‘The anxiety that teens report when they are without their cell phones or their link
to the internet may not speak so much to missing the easy socialability with others
but of missing the self that is constituted in those relationships’ (p. 127)
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
18. Validation
A mobile phone allows us to be always there, always connected
Validation of self is permanently available
At the moment of having a thought or feeling, one can have it validated
Or one may need to have it validated
It may need validation to become established
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
19. Self and reflection
Mobile phone culture, despite being a talk culture, is ‘not necessarily a
culture in which talk contributes to self-reflection’
Empathetic interchanges reduced ‘to the shorthand of emoticon emotions’
“who am I?” and “who are you?” reformatted for the small screen; flattened
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
20. The Tethered Adult
Watching life ‘scroll by’
Stress of responisibility to keep up with email
Always being behind
Taking the office with you – everywhere
Need for immediate response - even when a wise response requires reflective
time.
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
21. Taking time
Checking email, making/receiving phone calls
In a taxi
On a train
At the airport
No time for self
Continual partial attention
(always listening to a device)
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
22. The monitored self
Foucault – citizens who do not need to be watched
We try to keep up with our lives as they are presented to us by a new
disciplining technology
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Think about Foucault’s notion of “governmentality”
23. Boundaries
Losing partners, parents, friends, children for a few seconds or a few minutes
to an alternative reality
‘We live and work with people whose commitment to our presence feels
increasingly tenuous because they are tethered to more important virtual
others’ (p. 131)
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
24. Self shaped by technology
Our technology reflects and shapes our values
‘The self is calibrated on the basis of what the technology proposes, by what
it makes possible, by what it makes easy’
Yet we have created a communications culture that has decreased the time
available for us to sit and think interrupted
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Think about technology being “socially shaped and
socially shaping” (Raymond Williams in Buckingham,
2008).
25. Tethered to whom?
We respond to humans and to objects that represent them
We no longer demand that as a person we have another person as an
interlocutor
Call centres
Bill payments
Intuitive software
Games
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
26. The Future
Robot carers
Robot pets
Does the provision on AI carers/pets remove the need for human contact?
Relational artifacts are the latest trajectory of the tethered self
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
27. Relationships and Self
Relational artifacts represent their programmers but are given autonomy and
primitive psychologies
What is an authentic relationship with a machine?
What are machines doing to our relationships with people?
What is a relationship?
Turkle, S. (2008) Always on/always on you: The tethered self. In Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies, James
E. Katz (ed.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press