Sherry Turkle. Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She obtained a BA in Social Studies and later a Ph.D. in Sociology and Personality Psychology at Harvard University. She now focuses her research on psychoanalysis and human-technology interaction. She has written several books focusing on the psychology of human relationships with technology, especially in the realm of how people relate to computational objects.
In The Second Self, originally published in 1984, Turkle writes about how computers are not tools as much as they are a part of our social and psychological lives. “‘Technology,’ she writes, ‘catalyzes changes not only in what we do but in how we think.’”[4] She goes on using Jean Piaget's psychology discourse to discuss how children learn about computers and how this affects their minds. Early life[edit] Life on the Screen[edit] The Second Self[edit] Alone Together[edit] MUDs[edit] Sherry Turkle - The Colbert Report - 1/17/11. IT Panel: Digital Technology and Todays Students. Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other (9780465010219): Sherry Turkle.
Sherry Turkle. Big Thinkers - Sherry Turkle [Sociologist] (1 of 3) Big Thinkers - Sherry Turkle [Sociologist] (2 of 3) Big Thinkers - Sherry Turkle [Sociologist] (3 of 3) The Inner History of Devices | MIT World.