Author
Sherry Turkle
Birth Date
June 18, 1948
(77 Years)
Associated Country
United States
Sherry Turkle is an American sociologist and psychologist known for her influential work on how technology shapes human relationships and identity. A professor at MIT, she has spent decades studying the psychological and social effects of computers, smartphones, and digital communication.
Her writing often explores how people interact with technology on an emotional level, questioning whether increased connectivity is actually leading to deeper isolation. Books like Alone Together and Reclaiming Conversation examine how digital life is changing the way we communicate, form relationships, and understand ourselves.
Turkle’s work is widely recognized for blending research with personal insight, offering a thoughtful and often cautionary perspective on the evolving relationship between humans and technology.
Her writing often explores how people interact with technology on an emotional level, questioning whether increased connectivity is actually leading to deeper isolation. Books like Alone Together and Reclaiming Conversation examine how digital life is changing the way we communicate, form relationships, and understand ourselves.
Turkle’s work is widely recognized for blending research with personal insight, offering a thoughtful and often cautionary perspective on the evolving relationship between humans and technology.
Books
The Empathy Diaries 2021
A personal and reflective memoir that traces a psychologist’s early life and intellectual journey, weaving together childhood memories, family relationships, and formative experiences that shaped her...
Alone Together 2017
Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts...
Sherry Turkle, long an enthusiast for the promise of digital technology, now investigates its troubling consequence: at work, at home, in politics, and in love, we have sacrificed conversation for...
The Second Self 2005
In The Second Self, Sherry Turkle looks at the computer not as a "tool," but as part of our social and psychological lives; she looks beyond how we use computer games and spreadsheets to explore how...