REACTION PAPER

THE FLIGHT FROM CONVERSATION

By SHERRY TURKLE

I greatly enjoyed reading "The Flight From Conversation"

by Sherry Turkle because she indicates the reality of our
today’s society regarding the lack of communication. She
uses many real life situations to support her details that
cellphones and other technological devices have inhibited
the face to face communication. Although, technology has
given us many forms of communication, I feel that the
most important way to communicate is by talking face to
face, Because when we need to have serious
conversation with a person, we want to hear their true
feelings and full answer. Also when communicating over
the phone, we don't get the full sense of feeling of that
person's words. We don't know if they are being
completely serious or if they using a sarcastic tone.
Technology is such a great advancement in our society,
but certain aspect of day to day life cannot be attained
through these online techniques. I feel that face to face
communication needs to emphasized in our lives entirely
lose the ability to speak with others in person.