Answer the following four questions about Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together in responses of 250 WORDS (don’t go too far over!) Each answer is worth 25 out of 100 points. The midterm is DUE ON CANVAS...

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Answer the following four questions about Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together in responses of 250 WORDS (don’t go too far over!) Each answer is worth 25 out of 100 points. The midterm is DUE ON CANVAS BY 5 PM ON SUNDAY, MAY 9. It should be submitted as either a Word or a Pages file. No PDFs.1. “Performance” is a central concept running through Turkle’s book. What does she mean by it? How does she think it characterizes personal and social identity in today’s digital society? What are some of her objections to the idea that we “perform” ourselves? 2. Is the Internet a “place of experimentation and self-expreAnswer the following four questions about Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together in responses of 250 WORDS (don’t go too far over!) Each answer is worth 25 out of 100 points. The midterm is DUE ON CANVAS BY 5 PM ON SUNDAY, MAY 9. It should be submitted as either a Word or a Pages file. No PDFs.1. “Performance” is a central concept running through Turkle’s book. What does she mean by it? How does she think it characterizes personal and social identity in today’s digital society? What are some of her objections to the idea that we “perform” ourselves? 2. Is the Internet a “place of experimentation and self-expression,” of “consequence-free identity play,” or is it a “regime of self-surveillance,” as Turkle puts it on page 259? For the sake of argument, assume it can’t be both without falling into illogical contradiction. What would your answer be, and why?3. Imagine you are one of the young people Turkle is talking to about your relationships to smartphones, social media platforms, apps, and so on. What kind of thoughts or experiences or problems would you tell her about?4. “The meaning of intelligence changed when the field of artificial intelligence declared it was something computers have. The meaning of memory changed when it was something computers used. Here the word ‘trust’ is under siege, now that it is something of which robots are worthy” (72). How, in Turkle’s view, does “intelligence” change when it is defined as something a computer can have? Are our digital machines more “trustworthy”? ssion,” of “consequence-free identity play,” or is it a “regime of self-surveillance,” as Turkle puts it on page 259? For the sake of argument, assume it can’t be both without falling into illogical contradiction. What would your answer be, and why?3. Imagine you are one of the young people Turkle is talking to about your relationships to smartphones, social media platforms, apps, and so on. What kind of thoughts or experiences or problems would you tell her about?4. “The meaning of intelligence changed when the field of artificial intelligence declared it was something computers have. The meaning of memory changed when it was something computers used. Here the word ‘trust’ is under siege, now that it is something of which robots are worthy” (72). How, in Turkle’s view, does “intelligence” change when it is defined as something a computer can have? Are our digital machines more “trustworthy”?
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