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This is my discussion page, please feel free to drop me a message. Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 10:08, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

=Sherry Turkle=

About
Sherry Turkle is an American theorist and a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the area of social studies. Many of her ideas in her books revolve around the culture and trends in technology. Her book "Alone Together" mentions the idea of "Always-on Culture" and the relationship between people and technology and the consequences that can have.

Turkle's Ideas
Much of Turkle's work focuses on the idea of "Always-on Culture," the idea that collectively, people are always connected through technology. The "Tethered Self" is a prominent part of her always-on study. She often mentions in her work, the idea that being constantly connected affects the user and is resulting in attitude changes, such as the break down of communication and people feeling more comfortable to communicate through mobile technology such as texts or emails.

The Tethered Self
This idea concerns the way in which people are connected and have access to it a communication device, such as a smart phone. She often discusses how people can always be reached through mobiles or emails and if the person cannot contact the users, then machines often represent them, such as voicemail. Also, how a growing number of people are connected to some sort of network, such as Facebook, and rarely disconnect from it. From interviews she has conducted, she concludes that people, especially teenagers, feel at a loss without their mobile and without being connected. She argues that people have become more reliant on their technologies and this has led to users checking their networks more for any notifications. For example, users checking their smart phones for notifications.

Changing Attitudes
Turkle expresses how she feels that attitudes of users of the technology is changing. She often mentions how communication is breaking down due to the increasing use of technology to communicate. Turkle also argues that the way technology is now being used is not just changing the way the users communicate to each other, but it is also changing the user as a person. The need for attention is able to fulfilled by social media and the ability to message people from a device but this can also lead to users feeling more bored or alone in real life situations. In a 2012 Ted Talk, she expresses how face-to-face communication is suffering due to the rise of online conversation and how even when people are in them presence of others they often want to be somewhere else, so they communicate online while in the company of others. She gives the example of people texting and emailing from boardrooms and during meetings. Overall, she expresses that the popularity of communicating online and the the decline of communicating in person hence creating a feeling of isolation for the user.

The Second Self
The “Second Self” is Sherry Turkle's second published book. Throughout, she refers to ideas of computers being more than a device and how it is an important part of the user’s life, physiologically and socially. Her book is based upon opinions and attitudes of people who use computers and how that effects on their lives. Written in 1984, before today's technology was invented and before most people owned a smart phone, Turkle expresses ideas that could lead to today's "Always On" Culture such as the fear people initially had about becoming "addicted" to technology. Turkle also mentions ideas, similar to theorist Marshall McLuhan, of technology extending the self but she also adds how it extends the “external” world for the user. She states in the book, the idea that technology “changes not only in what we do but how we think” which is similar to her ideas in “Alone Together.” This idea is emphasised in her later work as by then more technology had been developed and consumed.

= Leslie Perlow =

About
Leslie Perlow is a professor of Leadership in the Organizational Behaviour area at Harvard Business School. Most of her research focuses on being Always-on in the work place. In her latest publication, “Sleeping With Your Smartphone” she focuses on employees of businesses who feel the need to be always online and always be connected and she discusses how disconnecting can be the most powerful tool for them.

Sleeping With Your Smartphone
In her latest publication, “Sleeping With your Smartphone,” she surveys thousands of different businesspeople in different professions over how much they work and their smartphone habits. Some of her questions included, how often they check their phone and how often they can disconnect from it. She argues that professionals feel pressure to be always on and they often feel that if they disconnect, others may still stay on and become more successful than them. Due to different time zones and needing to be contactable for clients and fellow colleagues, Parlow has argued that it leads to employees to change their timetable and reschedule their time to make sure that they are always connected and remain to be perceived as a good employee as constantly being on is often expected from high pressure jobs.

Disconnecting
Parlow experimented with a company, Boston Consulting Company, to see if their employees would be able to disconnect and if that could be achieved. At 6:00pm each night, a different employee would be able to disconnect from their work network and other employees were able to deal with clients if need be. Most employees felt many benefits such as finding their work more satisfying. They also felt that they regained more control over their work life. Parlow argues that when this approach is applied correctly, not being always-on can benefit not just the employee but the organisation as well. Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 22:17, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

= References =

Turkle, S. (2005) “The Second Self Twentieth Anniversary Edition.” Massachusetts: The MIT Press
 * Big Think. (2012) "Switching Off An 'Always on' Culture". Retrieved 03/29, 2014, from http://bigthink.com/videos/switching-off-an-always-on-culture-2
 * The Chronicle of Higher Education. (2011) "Programmed For Love". Retrieved 03/23, 2014, from https://chronicle.com/article/Programmed-for-Love-The/125922/
 * Frontline. (2011) "Interviews - Sherry Turkle". Retrieved 03/23, 2014, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/interviews/turkle.html
 * The Guardian. (2011). "Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle". Retrieved 03/23, 2014, from http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jan/30/alone-together-sherry-turkle-review
 * The Guardian. (2013). Sherry Turkle: 'We're losing the raw, human part of being with each other. Retrieved 03/23, 2014, from http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/05/rational-heroes-sherry-turkle-mit
 * Harvard Business Review. (2012) "Are You Sleeping With Your Smartphone?". Retrieved 03/29, 2014, from http://blogs.hbr.org/2012/05/are-you-sleeping-with-your-sma/
 * Harvard Business School. (2014) "Leslie A. Perlow". Retrieved 03/29, 2014, from http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=24278&facInfo=fea
 * Huffington Post. (2012) "Turning Off Your Smartphone: More Stress or Less?". Retrieved 09/29, 2014, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leslie-perlow/work-stress_b_1429692.html
 * Moyers and Company. (2013). "Sherry Turkle on Being Alone Together". Retrieved 03/23, 2014, from http://billmoyers.com/segment/sherry-turkle-on-being-alone-together/
 * NY Times. (1984) “The Second Self.” Retrieved 04/01, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/01/03/specials/turkle-second.html
 * Turkle, S. (2013). Always-On/Always-On-You: The Tethered Self. Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies. (pp. 121). Massachusetts: The MIT Press.

Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 22:54, 23 March 2014 (UTC)] Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 22:34, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

=Comments=


 * Great work AJ, You've spend a lot of time on putting this together. May I make the suggestion of citing the entry with numbers throughout the text to make it easier to see where you used your references? I'll have another look tomorrow to see what else I can add to this. GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 00:15, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you Gemma, that is a good idea, I was initially thinking of adding that but was unsure how to go about it. I have suggested on George's discussion that we collectively work through the referencing before creating the Wikibook. Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 11:15, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
 * This is fantastic Aj! It gives us something to discuss and agree re references when we meet next week. Should we try and find other theorists who might have a different point of view so that we can create an argument? George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 10:05, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes George that is a great idea. I will research over the weekend and then I will share what I found at our group meeting on Monday. Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 17:47, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I changed the first sentence a bit (under the heading "About") if that's alright? Change it back if you find your sentence easier to read! StineEliseJ (discuss • contribs) 16:52, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Hejka! Just to let you know that I have added first points about the psychological aspect of 'always-on'. (Ania-polish accent (discuss • contribs) 13:17, 2 April 2014 (UTC))

= Meeting =

Hi AJ, I would to say that I looking forward to our meeting about the wiki book, even though you arranged it for straight after this class Kellymcdonach (discuss • contribs) 15:54, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Aj - hope you get this as my Wiki skills are as basic as they come - hope to see you and the rest of the team at 4.30pm in the 24 hour zone. Maybe we could talk about this ...

AJ, did you get my email about not being able to make it on Monday 7th to arrange the presentation as I have another meeting at the same time? Do you know if we can reschedule as I feel I need to be there in order to put together the slides effectively. GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 15:59, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

= Discussion =

Hey Hollie here, I am doing 'Always on' culture, in Group X, I am actually writing aout Turkle too and during my research have found some other things that I thought were quite important. The second self/Life on the screen/Alone together, will you be mentioning any of these, do you think they are relevant? I think they are relevant but don't want to go too off track and get off topic. I am sure I could link them in but I was wondering if you were planning on looking into them at all? JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 15:17, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Amanda, I think you have a lot of good information about Turkle but I think it would be interesting to add something about the validation that being 'always on' gives. I was going to contribute some info to that section. --Kelly.marvel (discuss • contribs) 16:30, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Aj - yes I was thinking the same - re adding our stuff today. I'm going to cut and paste it tonight - not sure how I'll strip out the contribs for this - so long as they remain on the discussion page that's the main thing I think. Are you transferring stuff over soon too?George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 17:41, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Just been checking out other books - some have included a Glossary - which I think we should do because it is in the main book - and some haven't. And those who have are using different styles. The one for Always on looks good I think. Do you think we should just add to the main book as far as the Glossary goes and stick with the format that is there, or start ours from scratch? For what its worth, I think we should just add to what is there, adding only new stuff based on our own content. What do you think? George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 18:33, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hey! Just trying to send all the Always-On people a message about the boyd section. In the discussion page it has been decided that we will write her name in lower case throughout the wiki page, so that it remains consistent and coincides with her actual wikipedia page. Thanks! SiobhanDMC (discuss • contribs) 19:53, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hey Aj! I've moved my stuff across to the main book now and followed the heading/subheading format that was there - it was relatively straight forward and I edited out the contribs stuff when I was in edit mode on the page. However, I can't see the place on the book where you go in and sign with three tilds to show that you have made an entry - any idea where it is? Have you moved your stuff across now?George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 09:45, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

This looks good, i will add what I have in with what you have, over all we will have loads. I have done a couple of her other main concepts and link them in with always on culture but nothing too much. What you have is great though. JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 11:31, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Aj - Gemma has cracked the problem of the 3 tilds on the main book - you just go to the main page and a list of contributors is at the bottom - you just have to go down and edit it and put your 3 tilds in there. Incidentally, I see some other groups have got a List of Contributors at the bottom of their page too - seems like a good idea for ours - what do you think?George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 15:20, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi AJ, you go to Wikimedia Commons and search for the image you'd like. Once you have the file name for it, you insert it onto your page alongside the specified code. Once you have done that, there is a tutorial on how to change the position and size here. It took me a long time playing about with it to get the images to the right size, but it's just trial and error. Hope this helps! Any questions, just message me! GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 15:26, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi AJ not yet because hm.... I am not sure how to do it! Could you help? Thanks (Ania-polish accent (discuss • contribs) 22:04, 2 April 2014 (UTC))

Hejka ok I have found it:-) What do you think shall I put the psychological aspects under the disadvantages of being 'always-on'? (Ania-polish accent (discuss • contribs) 22:39, 2 April 2014 (UTC))

Hi guys! I am now finished, and I have posted my contributions on the main wikibook page! StineEliseJ (discuss • contribs) 12:33, 3 April 2014 (UTC)