Reclaiming Conversation By Sherry Sherkle

Unity is community People have been making communities ever since mankind came into existence; whether it was for sharing a same goal or having a common ownership. We, as human beings, need a community to unite people and lead people amongst the community to live safely and have a better life. Nowadays, a new type of community is emerging through the use of internet and digital devices. Many people are joining communities through internet to share or support their communities indoors and are losing the opportunity to have a real-life experience. Even though, the internet has created legitimate communities, the sense of unity and ownership people develop in the traditional form of communities does not dwell up in the communities formed by

Communities on the internet don’t get a sense of being connected with each other since they never have seen the other person face to face. On the other hand, traditional communities are created with the bonds and ties of people amongst the community. For example, all neighborhoods know who lives around them and help them whenever there is a need. Internet communities don’t make a good impact on someone’s life, because people in online communities are anonymous. The state of being there for someone physically when he or she needs help is lacking in the online community, which is the reason traditional types of communities build strong ties amongst their populace. In the book “Reclaiming Conversation”, the author Sherry Turkle quotes, “She as intoxicated by the feeling of being part of a vibrant and growing movement. But the website couldn’t get people to put real signs on the real lawns. It couldn’t get people to declare themselves to their physical neighbors.” (Turkle 296). In these sentences Sherry Turkle explains that even if people join big communities online, they will still lack the presence in the community. Online communities are big and significant, but there are limitations and are hard to