Name: SHENNA MAE T.

ESPINA
Program: BSA 1-1
Subject: ENGLISH 1
Instructor: MS. EDDIE MARIE ANDARZA

 What was being talk about in the video?

In the video, Sherry Turkle talks about why we give more time to technology and less in
our relationship with each other. On how this technology makes us busy. Sherry Turkle
discusses how people’s lives are associated with social media. Turkle uses the term “alone
together,” which means that people have rare connections with each other when they stay
together and focus on their electronic devices. In other words, “alone together” means that
people stay together and have no good communication.

 What are the advantages of having a gadget?

Having gadgets has a lot of advantages, people can connect with their families and friends
and share thought and talk about their recent experiences. Having gadgets is easy to access
information and improved communication which we can use Emails, Watsapp, Messenger,
Viber and Facebook. Technology has played a big role in changing the entertainment. People
can govern their own time using the Internet as long as they enjoy their online lives. it is a big
help for the kids and teenagers especially for their education. Gadgets have benefits in making
the works in offices easier. Internet and Mobile Technology has improved home and work life of
individual.
 What are the disadvantages of having a gadget?

The disadvantages of having a gadget such as Social Isolation is increasing. People are
spending more time using technology, social networks and neglecting their real life. Mentioned
by Sherry Turkle it can also cause cheating or having an affair in the relationship. Computers
and internet make it too easy to find information. This may result in having poor study habits
and developing a lazy attitude. Students would no longer rely on books that are lent by their
teachers, since they are only interested to study using computers. Using apps or technology too
much became an addiction. People increasingly dependent on technology.

We are losing the distinction between face to face interactions, we are losing a connection
with our family when they talking because of the social media. We are so distracted with
technology that we forget that we aren’t talking to a real person. To put it too simply, we would
rather text than talk. Online connections bring so many bounties. We are too busy
communicating to think. Too busy communicating to create, too busy communicating to really
connect with the people we’re with in the ways that would really count. In continual contact,
we’re alone together.

 Do you agree or disagree about the speaker of the video? Why or why not?

I agree to Sherry Turkle the speaker. Her speech gives information to enlighten each one of us
that we are the one who take our lives into our hands in using technology excessively. She gives
us advices that would help to solve the problems about importance of communicating to each
other and using technology properly. “Just because we grew up with the internet, we assume
that the internet is all grown up. We tend to see what we have now as the technology in its
maturity. That the way we live now with the internet is how we’re going to live with it in the
future. And that’s not true. With the internet, it is very early days. It is time to make the
corrections and one hopeful place is to restart some conversations we allowed to get derailed.”
This was statements of Ms. Sherry Turkle that catches me and I totally agree.