In Sherry Turkles, "Connected, but Alone," TED talk, Sherry's purpose is to inform, and persuade the audience. She does this by informing the audience how technology is becoming a big part of our lives. Slowly, but surely, our phones are starting to become a problem. Turkle stated that people are lacking interaction skills. Turkle succeeded in her purpose by using ethos pathos and logos. She used all three to make the audience understand her point of view how it's affecting us, and others around us. She stated her facts, and backed them up with evidence, experience, and research. Sherry stated a good point that made me visualize what she was talking about. When her daughter had friends over, they all sat on their phones, not interacting or communicating. I can visualize this because this happens everyday, whether it's at home, work, or at school. She did a great job of persuading the audience how we should limit the use of our phones, and start disconnecting.
Turkle presented her studies she has done how people connect but still feel lonely. The reason that people turn to their phones is because they feel lonely. She applied everyday situations with the problem, and why we are the way we are. I agree with Turkles point of view. Watching this speech made me realize that I disconnect myself from reality, and my close ones, because of my phone. I agree that we should try to limit our use of phones. If all we're looking down is our phones, we miss all the little details in this world. Reading a post online that tells you to limit the use of technology isn't the same as a mother being sentimental during her speech. Turkle did a great job of informing and persuading the audience how technology is impacting reality and communication.
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