Alone together

Sherry Turkle in her video analyses our social media use and brings up some interesting thoughts.  The video is 18 minutes long, but well worth watching as it is very thought provoking and raises questions around loneliness which I believe is relevant for teaching in an online environment.  She states:

"We are too busy communicating to think, too busy communicating to create, too busy communicating to connect with the people we are with, in the ways that would really count.  In continual contact, we are alone together"

Turkle, S. (2011, March 25). Alone together [video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtLVCpZIiNs&list=PLvzOwE5lWqhRhUa0Zet5__9yfLX8NRvb3&index=6&feature=plpp_video