What the Critics Are Saying by

What the Critics Are Saying by https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle en-us 2019-04-26 16:11:57 UTC 2025-11-29 11:23:26 UTC hello@padlet.com “Turkle offers comfort and confidence that it is not too late to restore our communicative competence.” vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354525872

]]> 2019-04-26 16:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354525872 “If you only read one book this year, make it this one. It is delightfully readable, incredibly well-researched, rich with insight, and will make you rethink your relationship to that device in your pocket. And invite conversation back into your life, indeed to insist upon it.” vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354526134 2019-04-26 16:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354526134 “Turkle understands that we are vulnerable to the often-negative effects that new technologies have on us, but that we are not deprived of agency. Recognising this allows us to fight back and reclaim what we have been encouraged to give up.” vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354527517 2019-04-26 16:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354527517 “Reclaiming Conversation” makes a convincing case that our ability to electronically connect with anyone, anytime, is sabotaging our relationships with those right next to us.” vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354527642 2019-04-26 16:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354527642 “This is an important and provocative book that effectively describes some major concerns of our era.” vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354527763 2019-04-26 16:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354527763 “The book is a broad indictment of our communication culture. . . Turkle is rare, however, in both synthesizing these various critiques and positing the necessity of conversation as the most effective, human response to our contemporary digital siege state.” vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354527962 2019-04-26 16:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354527962 “Sherry Turkle is a singular voice in the discourse about technology.” vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354528056 2019-04-26 16:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354528056 “It’s not Turkle’s fault that her book can be read as a handbook for the privileged. She’s addressing a middle class in which she herself grew up, invoking a depth of human potential that used to be widespread. But the middle, as we know, is disappearing.” vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354530643 2019-04-26 17:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354530643 “Reclaiming Conversation” is best appreciated as a sophisticated self-help book. It makes a compelling case that children develop better, students learn better and employees perform better when their mentors set good examples and carve out spaces for face-to-face interactions. Less compelling is Turkle’s call for collective action.” vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354530993 2019-04-26 17:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354530993 “Unfortunately, Turkle too often gravitates towards critiquing the use (and not the design) of new technologies, advocating a sort of abstinence. . . Because the book’s audience is primarily written for the users of digital technologies, as opposed to the designers, this is understandable, but remains a major weakness, especially if Turkle wants to initiate social change.” vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354531132 2019-04-26 17:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354531132 “We are in the early days of devices and connectivity, and the changes are so rapid that already parts of Turkle’s book seem dated.” vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354531297 2019-04-26 17:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354531297 Boston Globe College Quarterly Hong Kong Review of Books New York Times Technology and Society WBUR vlait172 https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354531574 2019-04-26 17:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/vlait172/3ebvdo218ufk/wish/354531574