Sherry Turkle Books
Sherry Turkle is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She's written several books on human-technology interaction, and she's also the founder and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self.
Alone Together
What's Alone Together about?
Technology has changed our lives tremendously – in some ways for the better and in some ways for the worse. Alone Together explains how even though a great deal of new technology, like smartphones and social media, is supposed to bring us together, it actually makes us lonelier in the end.
Who should read Alone Together?
- Anyone interested in technology
- Anyone interested in society and psychology
- Anyone interested in how technological changes are affecting us
What's Reclaiming Conversation about?
Reclaiming Conversation (2015) reflects on how we interact with one another in our increasingly digitized world. Constant interruptions, leaving messages unanswered and lack of interest have all become the norm in a world rife with mobile devices and screens. But is this what we want? And if not, what can we do about it?
Who should read Reclaiming Conversation?
- Anyone who spends a lot of time in front of screens
- Parents and caregivers
- Anyone who wants to have more meaningful conversations