relationships & learning: dumbing ourselves down with technology
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DUMBING OURSELVES DOWN WITH TECHNOLOGY
Relationships & Learning
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By: Maddie Wright
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THE PROLIFERATION OF TECHNOLOGY
A GENERATIIONAL SHIIFT
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HAS BROUGHT ABOUT
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PEOPLE NOW DEMAND SIMPLER WAYS OF COMMUNICATING AND AQUIRING KNOWLEDGE…
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… AS EVIDENCED IN OUR APPROACH TO RELATIONSHIPS AND LEARNING
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TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
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TEXTS, EMAILS, ETC. HAVE BECOME THE PREFERRED METHOD OF COMMUNICATION (SHERRY TURKLE)
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“NEW TECHNOLOGIES ALLOW US TO “DIAL DOWN” HUMAN
CONTACT, TO TITRATE ITS NATURE AND EXTENT.” - SHERRY TURKLE
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SHERRY TURKLE CALLS THIS THE GOLDILOCKS EFFECT:
BUT JUST THE RIGHT DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER
TEXTING PUTS US NOT TOO CLOSE, NOT TOO FAR Photo: Linda
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OUR THOUGHTS & INTERACTIONS
WE COMMUNICATE IN SHORT CONTROLLED BURSTS,NOT LONG MESSY CONVERSATIONS
HAVE ADAPTED TO TECHNOLOGY,Photo: Pen Waggener
(SHERRY TURKLE)
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WHICH COULD EXPLAIN THE POPULARITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES SUCH AS
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WITH MULTIPLE AND COMPLICATED NETWORKS.
YOUTH, IIN PARTIICULAR ARE TRYIING OUT SIIMIPLER
IiN FACT, RESEARCH SHOWS, “PEOPLE FEEL BOGGED
“INSTANT GRATIFICATION” OPTIONS” -CARYS MILLSPhoto: Scott Beale
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BUT WHAT DO THESE NEW MEDIUMS
(TECHNOLOGIES) DO TO THE MESSAGE (COMMUNICATION) ?
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*-MARSHALL MCLUHAN
IIF “THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE” * WHAT DOES OUR NEW
SAY ABOUT US AND OUR SOCIIETY ?
FOUND LOVE FOR TECHNO COMMUNICATION
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BECAUSE AFTER ALL, “WE ARE SHAPED BY OUR TOOLS.” - SHERRY TURKLE
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WHICH IS DISTURBING CONSIDERING, “IN EVERY TOOL WE CREATE, AN IDEA IS EMBEDDED THAT GOES BEYOND THE FUNCTION OF THE THING ITSELF.”- Neil Postman
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TECHNOLOGY GIVES US ACCESS AND CONTROL. BUT IT ALSO MAKES US SACRIFICE CONVERSATION FOR MERE CONNECTION
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(SHERRY TURKLE)
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IIF WE GET BY WITH LESS AND SETTLE FOR LESS, WE DON'T STRIVE TO KNOW OR TRULY UNDERSTAND EACH
OTHER AND BY EXTENSION, OURSELVES. (SHERRY TURKLE)
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SIIIMILARIILY, THERE HAS BEEN A GENERATIIONALSHIIIFT IIN LEARNIIING STYLES (N. .KATHERINE HAYLES)
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We have moved away from “deep”
attention to “hyper”attention
(N. Katherine Hayles)
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“DEEP” ATTENTION CONCENTRATES ON ONE OBJECT AT GREAT LENGTH, INVOLVES A SINGLE INFORMATION STREAM AND IGNORES OUTSIDE STIMULIi
(N. .KATHERINE HAYLES)
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“HYPER ATTENTION INVOLVES SWITCHING FOCUS RAPIDLY AMONG
DIFFERENT TASKS.…
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-N.. KATHERINE HAYLES
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… USING MULTIPLE INFORMATION STREAMS, LOTS OF STIMULATION AND A LOW TOLERANCE FOR BOREDOM”
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-N. KATHERINE HAYLES
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THE TENDENCY HAS BEEN MOST THOROUGHLY DOCUMENTED WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION
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WHIIILE THE ADULT POPULATION IS ALSO AFFECTED (IIIFTO A LESSER DEGREE),
-N. KATHERINE HAYLES
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SUNCE STUDENTS READ LESS PRINT AND MORE
DIGITAL MEDIA LIKE BLOGS, FACEBOOK ETC …
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WHETHER HYPER ATTENTION IS BETTER OR WORSE THAN DEEP ATTENTION CANNOT BE
ANSWERED IN THE ABSTRACT
…BETTER FOR WHAT?(N. KATHERINE HAYLES)Photo: wgdavis
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A CASE COULD BE MADE THAT HYPER ATTENTION IS MORE THAN DEEP ATTENTION -N. KATHERINE HAYLES
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-N. Katherine Hayles
HOWEVER, WITH THE SHIFT, SERIOUS INCOMPATIBILITIES ARISE
BETWEEN THE EXPECTATIONS OF EDUCATORS… …AND THE PREFFERED COGNITIVE MODE OF YOUNG PEOPLE
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WITH THIIIS SHIIIFT, KNOWLEDGE IS WIDE AND THIIIN
RATHER THAN NARROW
WE KNOW SOUNDBITES OF IINFORMATION RATHER THAN IIN DEPTH ANALYSIS ON SUBJECTSPhoto: Serge Kij
AND FOCUSED RATHER THAN NARROW
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DOES OUR ALWAYS-CONNECTED STATE AFFECT OUR ABIILITY TO THIIINK, TO BE CREATIVE
AND TO IINNOVATE? (SHERRY TURKLE)
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WE'RE SO ENTHRALLED WITH WHAT WE'VE GAINED
WE DON'T REALIZE WHAT WE MAY HAVE LOST;
THE ABILITY TO THIIINK OR FEEL DEEPLY
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“PEOPLE WILL COME TO LOVE THEIR OPPRESSION, TO ADORE THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT UNDO THEIR
CAPACITIES TO THINK” -NEIIIL POSTMAN
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PHOTO CREDITSAll images are licensed
under the Creative Commons Non-Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 agreement, and sourced
from flickr.
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WRITTEN CREDITS➢ Hayles, N. Katherine. “Hyper and Deep Attention: The Generational Divide in Cognitive Modes.” Profession.
13. (2007): 187- 199. Web. 28 March 2014. ➢ Mills, Carys. “‘Facebook fatigue’ and the aging social network”. The Star. 5 April 2013. Web. 30 March 2014. ➢ McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. Cambridge: The MIT Press: 1994. Print. ➢ Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death. London: Penguin Books: 2005. Print. ➢ “Sherry Turkle- Alone Together”. Ted Talks. Youtube. March 25th, 2011. Web. 28 March 2014. ➢ Turkle, Sherry. Alone Together. York: Basic Books, 2012. Print.➢ Turkle, Sherry. “The Flight From Conversation.” The New York Times. 21 April 2012. Web. 28 March 2014.
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