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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

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In Alone Together as mentioned in this paper, MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives and argues that despite the handwaving of todays self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity.
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Consider Facebookits human contact, only easier to engage with and easier to avoid. Developing technology promises closeness. Sometimes it delivers, but much of our modern life leaves us less connected with people and more connected to simulations of them. In Alone Together, MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. Its a nuanced exploration of what we are looking forand sacrificingin a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of todays self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity.

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스크린 위의 삶 = Life on the screen : identity in the age of the internet

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TL;DR: In this paper, Sherry Turkle uses Internet MUDs (multi-user domains, or in older gaming parlance multi-user dungeons) as a launching pad for explorations of software design, user interfaces, simulation, artificial intelligence, artificial life, agents, virtual reality, and the on-line way of life.
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Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks

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Motivational, emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out

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The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites

TL;DR: Facebook usage was found to interact with measures of psychological well-being, suggesting that it might provide greater benefits for users experiencing low self-esteem and low life satisfaction.
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스크린 위의 삶 = Life on the screen : identity in the age of the internet

Sherry Turkle, +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Sherry Turkle uses Internet MUDs (multi-user domains, or in older gaming parlance multi-user dungeons) as a launching pad for explorations of software design, user interfaces, simulation, artificial intelligence, artificial life, agents, virtual reality, and the on-line way of life.
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Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet

Sherry Turkle
TL;DR: In this article, Sherry Turkle, a Professor of the Sociology of Science at MIT and a licensed psychologist, uses Internet MUDs as a launching pad for explorations of software design, user interfaces, simulation, artificial intelligence, artificial life, agents, virtual reality, and the on-line way of life.
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The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit

Sherry Turkle
TL;DR: In The Second Self as discussed by the authors, Sherry Turkle looks at the computer not as a "tool" but as part of our social and psychological lives; she looks beyond how we use computer games and spreadsheets to explore how the computer affects our awareness of ourselves, of one another, and of our relationship with the world.