Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
this will degrade the performance: Faria Sana, Tina Weston, and Nicholas J. Cepeda, “Laptop Multitasking Hinders Classroom Learning for Both Users and Nearby
Sherry Turkle • Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Think of unitasking as the next big thing. In every domain of life, it will increase performance and decrease stress.
Sherry Turkle • Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
“Don’t people know that sometimes you can just look out the window of a car and see the world go by and it’s wonderful?”
Sherry Turkle • Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
even a silent phone: Andrew Przybyliski and Netta Weinstein, “Can You Connect with Me Now? How the Presence of Mobile Communication Technology Influences Face-to-Face Conversation Quality,” Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (2012): 1–10, doi:10.1177/0265407512453 827; Shalini Misra, Lulu Cheng, Jamie Genevie, et al., “The iPhone Effect:
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A 2015 Pew Research study reported that younger users of mobile phones “stand out prominently when it comes to using their phones for two purposes in particular: avoiding boredom, and avoiding people around them.” Aaron Smith, “U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015,” Pew Research Center for Internet, Science, and Technology, April 1, 2015,
Sherry Turkle • Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Studies show that the mere presence of a phone: Andrew Przybyliski and Netta Weinstein, “Can You Connect with Me Now? How the Presence of Mobile Communication Technology Influences Face-to-Face Conversation Quality,” Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (2012): 1–10, doi:10.1177/0265407512453827.
Sherry Turkle • Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
And conversations with phones on the landscape block empathic connection. If two people are speaking and there is a phone on a nearby desk, each feels less connected to the other than when there is no phone present. Even a silent phone disconnects us.
Sherry Turkle • Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Obey the seven-minute rule. This is the rule, suggested to me by a college junior, that grows out of the observation that it takes at least seven minutes to see how a conversation is going to unfold.
Sherry Turkle • Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
that our children are less empathic than they should be for their age, and that it seems nearly impossible to have an uninterrupted conversation at a family dinner.