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Annotated Bibliography

Are We Ever Really Alone?

Stefanie Testa Professor Malcolm Campbell English 1102 12 March 2013

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Deresiewicz, William. "The End of Solitude." Chronicle of Higher Education (2009): B6-B9. Web. January 2013. This article was of the first papers we had read this semester in looking deeper into the topic of identity and curiosity of how technology has affected us. Deresiwicz suggest that since advancements in technology, us, digital natives, actually fear being alone; and more so, the thought of not being known at all in our society. He argues that even if we are physically alone, the digital devices we use connect us to the world around us constantly. At first, I was not convince that Deresuwiczs points were valid, but reflecting on my own habits, it became more clear that I, myself, fall in such a category that is constantly in touch with the world, even if I am physically unaccompanied. This piece has set up the topic for my research and was the initial piece that got me interested in such a topic.

Pigliucci, Massimo. Rationally Speaking. 2 February 2009. Web. March 2013. Massimo Pigliucci is a professor and philosopher at the City University of New York. He thinks of his blog as a reflection on Enlightenment ideas that uncover hidden agendas of other writers and injustices in government and other art forms. This particular blog post is a review of the End of Solitude article. It gives a different, almost alternative perspective on the focus of solitude and what it means to him. I am using this critical assessment as a source because it shows how others view the same subjects in various ways. I think it is essential to my research for that reason alone, but it is also beneficial for the requirements of this assignment (to have a source from a diverse angle).

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Turkle, Sherry. Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. New York: Basic Books, October 2, 2012. Print. The interview between the author, Sherry Turkle, and a radio host lead me to this book. From the title single-handedly, Alone Together, I could adopt the notion that this book was just what I was looking for as a source. I acquired a lot of information just from reading the interview, but the book goes into more detailed examples of why we, as digital natives, are becoming more in touch with technology, and less engaged in our emotional, physical lives. The books description on Amazon says it perfectly, it describes new unsettling relationships between friends, lovers, parents, and children, and new instabilities in how we understand privacy and community, intimacy, and solitude.

Turkle, Sherry. In Constant Digital Contact, We feel "Alone Together" Terry Gross. Boston: National Public Radio, Interview, 18 October 2012. Web. March 2013 This source was found on an internet webpage for a local radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is an interview between host, Terry Gross, and the author of Alone Together, Sherry Turkle. Turkle is a clinical psychologist and the founder of MITs Initiative on Technology and Self. She researches how this new digital age has affected how parents raise their children, how friends interact, and why these new technologies seem to be so addictive that we need them in hand constantly. I thought this interview was very valuable in my research on the topic as well. She answers some very vital questions that can be expedient in my paper. Also, because I found this interview, it led me to her book, and other sources that can be accredited in my inquiry.

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"solitude." Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian.Web. 02 Apr. 2013. computer. Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. 22 Mar. 2013. Web. 01 Apr. 2013. mobile phone. Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. 26 Mar. 2013. Web. 01 Apr. 2013
Deresiewicz, William. "The End of Solitude." Chronicle of Higher Education (2009): B6-B9. Pigliucci, Massimo. Rationally Speaking. 2 Febuary 2009. Blog Post, Review. March 2013. <rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2009/02/end-of-solitude.html>. Turkle, Sherry. Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. New York: Basic Books, October 2, 2012. Turkle, Sherry. In Constant Digital Contact, We feel "Alone Together" Terry Gross. Boston: National Public Radio, 18 October 2012.