2011 Presenters
Sherry Turkle
Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and the founder and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. She has pioneered the study of the psychology of people's relationships with technology, resulting in path-breaking works such as The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit and Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet . Her latest book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, looks at the new ways we think about privacy, community, intimacy and solitude. Turkle is a featured media commentator on the social and psychological effects of technology for CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, the BBC, and NPR, including appearances on such programs as Nightline, Frontline, and 20/20.
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PBS Frontline interview with Sherry Turkle
