they call themselves social networking sites but now it appears that the likes of twitter and facebook could be downright anti-social. a leading academic claims that the technology is threatening to dominate our lives, making us more isolated and "less human."
professor sherry turkle has even branded the use of the social networking sites a form of "modern madness."
she argues that, under the illusion of allowing us to communicate better, technology is isolating us from real human interactions in a cyber-reality that is a poor imitation of the real world。
professor turkle, of the massachusetts institute of technology, in the us, is leading an attack on the information age with her book alone together。
the professor even suggests social networking can make us mad, citing "pathological behaviour"she has witnessed, such as mourners at funerals checking their iphones。
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