FIlm 335 Final Project

1. DUMBING OURSELVES
DOWN WITH TECHNOLOGY
Relationships
& Learning
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By: Maddie Wright

2. THE PROLIFERATION OF TECHNOLOGY
A GENERATIIONAL SHIIFT
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HAS BROUGHT ABOUT

3. PEOPLE NOW DEMAND SIMPLER WAYS OF
COMMUNICATING AND AQUIRING KNOWLEDGE…
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4. … AS EVIDENCED IN OUR APPROACH
TO RELATIONSHIPS AND LEARNING
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5. TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE
THINK ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
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6. TEXTS, EMAILS, ETC. HAVE BECOME THE
PREFERRED METHOD OF COMMUNICATION (SHERRY TURKLE)
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7. “NEW TECHNOLOGIES ALLOW US
TO “DIAL DOWN” HUMAN
CONTACT, TO TITRATE ITS
NATURE AND EXTENT.” - SHERRY TURKLE
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8. SHERRY TURKLE CALLS THIS THE GOLDILOCKS EFFECT:
BUT JUST THE RIGHT DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER
TEXTING PUTS US NOT TOO CLOSE, NOT TOO FARPhoto: Linda

9. OUR THOUGHTS & INTERACTIONS
WE COMMUNICATE IN SHORT CONTROLLED BURSTS,
NOT LONG MESSY CONVERSATIONS
HAVE ADAPTED TO TECHNOLOGY,
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(SHERRY TURKLE)

10. WHICH COULD EXPLAIN THE
POPULARITY OF SOCIAL
MEDIA SITES SUCH AS
TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM Photo: Doug88888

11. WITH MULTIPLE AND COMPLICATED NETWORKS.
YOUTH, IIN PARTIICULAR ARE TRYIING OUT SIIMIPLER
IiN FACT, RESEARCH SHOWS, “PEOPLE FEEL BOGGED
“INSTANT GRATIFICATION” OPTIONS”-CARYS MILLSPhoto: Scott Beale

12. BUT WHAT DO THESE
NEW MEDIUMS
(TECHNOLOGIES) DO
TO THE MESSAGE
(COMMUNICATION) ?
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13. *-MARSHALL MCLUHAN
IIF “THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE” * WHAT DOES OUR NEW
SAY ABOUT US AND OUR SOCIIETY ?
FOUND LOVE FOR TECHNO COMMUNICATION
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14. BECAUSE AFTER ALL, “WE ARE SHAPED BY OUR TOOLS.”
- SHERRY TURKLE
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15. WHICH IS DISTURBING CONSIDERING, “IN EVERY TOOL WE
CREATE, AN IDEA IS EMBEDDED THAT GOES BEYOND
THE FUNCTION OF THE THING ITSELF.”- Neil Postman
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16. TECHNOLOGY GIVES US ACCESS AND CONTROL. BUT IT ALSO
MAKES US SACRIFICE CONVERSATION FOR MERE CONNECTION
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(SHERRY TURKLE)

17. IIF WE GET BY WITH LESS AND SETTLE FOR LESS, WE
DON'T STRIVE TO KNOW OR TRULY UNDERSTAND EACH
OTHER AND BY EXTENSION, OURSELVES.(SHERRY TURKLE)
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Allen Skyy

18. SIIIMILARIILY, THERE HAS BEEN A GENERATIIONAL
SHIIIFT IIN LEARNIIING STYLES (N. .KATHERINE HAYLES)
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19. We have moved
away from “deep”
attention to
“hyper”attention
(N. Katherine Hayles)
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20. “DEEP” ATTENTION
CONCENTRATES ON ONE
OBJECT AT GREAT
LENGTH, INVOLVES A
SINGLE INFORMATION
STREAM AND IGNORES
OUTSIDE STIMULIi(N. .KATHERINE HAYLES)
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21. “HYPER ATTENTION INVOLVES
SWITCHING FOCUS RAPIDLY AMONG
DIFFERENT TASKS.…
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-N.. KATHERINE HAYLES
“

22. … USING MULTIPLE INFORMATION STREAMS, LOTS OF
STIMULATION AND A LOW TOLERANCE FOR BOREDOM”
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-N. KATHERINE HAYLES

23. THE TENDENCY HAS BEEN MOST THOROUGHLY
DOCUMENTED WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION
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WHIIILE THE ADULT POPULATION IS ALSO
AFFECTED (IIIFTO A LESSER DEGREE),
-N. KATHERINE HAYLES

24. SUNCE STUDENTS READ LESS PRINT AND MORE
DIGITAL MEDIA LIKE BLOGS, FACEBOOK ETC …
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25. WHETHER HYPER ATTENTION IS BETTER OR WORSE
THAN DEEP ATTENTION CANNOT BE
ANSWERED IN THE ABSTRACT
…BETTER FOR WHAT?
(N. KATHERINE HAYLES)Photo: wgdavis

26. A CASE COULD BE MADE THAT
HYPER ATTENTION IS MORE
THAN
DEEP ATTENTION
-N. KATHERINE HAYLES
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“
”

27. Photo: Maria Elena
-N. Katherine Hayles
HOWEVER, WITH THE SHIFT,
SERIOUS INCOMPATIBILITIES ARISE
BETWEEN THE EXPECTATIONS OF EDUCATORS…
…AND THE PREFFERED COGNITIVE MODE OF YOUNG PEOPLE
“
”

28. WITH THIIIS SHIIIFT, KNOWLEDGE IS WIDE AND THIIIN
RATHER THAN NARROW
WE KNOW SOUNDBITES OF IINFORMATION RATHER
THAN IIN DEPTH ANALYSIS ON SUBJECTSPhoto: Serge Kij
AND FOCUSED
RATHER THAN NARROW

29. DOES OUR ALWAYS-CONNECTED STATE AFFECT
OUR ABIILITY TO THIIINK, TO BE CREATIVE
AND TO IINNOVATE?
(SHERRY TURKLE)
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30. WE'RE SO ENTHRALLED WITH WHAT WE'VE GAINED
WE DON'T REALIZE WHAT WE MAY HAVE LOST;
THE ABILITY TO THIIINK OR FEEL DEEPLY
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31. “PEOPLE WILL COME TO LOVE THEIR OPPRESSION, TO
ADORE THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT UNDO THEIR
CAPACITIES TO THINK” -NEIIIL POSTMAN
Photo: Dave Johnson

32. PHOTO CREDITS
All images are licensed
under the Creative Commons
Non-Commercial Share-Alike
3.0 agreement, and sourced
from flickr.
Photo: Jonas Tana

33. WRITTEN CREDITS
➢ Hayles, N. Katherine. “Hyper and Deep Attention: The Generational Divide in Cognitive Modes.” Profession.
13. (2007): 187- 199. Web. 28 March 2014.
➢ Mills, Carys. “‘Facebook fatigue’ and the aging social network”. The Star. 5 April 2013. Web. 30 March 2014.
➢ McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. Cambridge: The MIT Press: 1994. Print.
➢ Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death. London: Penguin Books: 2005. Print.
➢ “Sherry Turkle- Alone Together”. Ted Talks. Youtube. March 25th, 2011. Web. 28 March 2014.
➢ Turkle, Sherry. Alone Together. York: Basic Books, 2012. Print.
➢ Turkle, Sherry. “The Flight From Conversation.” The New York Times. 21 April 2012. Web. 28 March 2014.
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