In the book Alone Together, the suggestion is proposed that cell
phones are in fact more important than people. Turkle makes a point about
texting by saying, “Because you can text while doing something else, texting
does not seem to take time but to give you time. This is more than welcome; it
is magical” (Turkle). In the Jennifer Lawerence interview during the
golden globes she says to a reporter, "You can't live your whole life
behind your phone bro" as Jennifer Lawerence shook her finger at a
reporter after winning a golden globe. Then she continued to say " You
can't do that, you need to live in the now". The reporter than asked her
how she saw herself on the Oscar night, as she the quickly corrected him by
saying, "we're at the golden globes, if you put your phone down you would
know that". When I scrolled down on BuzzFeed, tons and tons of people were
leaving huge comments about Jen, either bashing her or backing her up. In my
opinion I think that Jenn was indeed rude; however, she has a serious point
about the reporter. The reporter doesn't even seem to be paying attention.
This situation with Jenn really made me understand some of Turkle's
reasons for writing her book.
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