Thoreau, Henry David
Toddlers, mechanical (Kismet and Cog)
Transference, the
Trust
robotic
Turing, Alan
Turing test, the
Turner, Victor
Turtles, live/robot
Twain, Mark
Tweets
Twitter
Ultima 2 (game)
Upside-down test (Freedom Baird)
Vacations, offline
Vadrigar
Venting
Virginia Tech
Virtual self and virtual places
Voice
Voicemail
Walden
(Thoreau)
Walden 2.0:
WALL-E
(film)
Wandukan, development of
Weak ties
Wearable Computing Group (MIT)
Weiner, Norbert: cybernetics and
Weizenbaum, Joseph
Wi-Fi
Willard, Rebecca Ellen Turkle
Wired
World of Warcraft (game)
YouTube
Zhu Zhu pet hamsters
Zone, The
a
In this book I use the terms
the Net
,
the network
, and
connectivity
to refer to our new world of online connections—from the experience of surfing the Web, to e-mail, texting, gaming, and social networking. And I use the term
cell phone
to describe a range of connectivity devices such as BlackBerries and iPhones that do a lot more than make “calls.” They provide access to instant messaging, texting, e-mail, and the Web.
b
This name and the names of others I observed and interviewed for this book are pseudonyms. To protect the anonymity of my subjects, I also change identifying details such as location and profession. When I cite the opinions of scientists or public figures, I use their words with permission. And, of course, I cite material on the public record.
Copyright © 2011 by Sherry Turkle
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Turkle, Sherry.
Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other / Sherry Turkle.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-0-465-02234-2
1. Information technology—Social aspects. 2. Interpersonal relations. 3. Human-computer interaction. I. Title.
HM851.T86 2010
303.48’33—dc22
2010030614