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Sherry Turkle is a professor of Sociology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is well known for her writings concerning the sociological implications of human computer interaction, specifically the usage of MUD, MOO, and on-line chat systems. She has written several well-known books and numerous papers on this subject and is quoted often in magazines and books.
Her most recent book, Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet, further explores the use and, in some cases, overuse of the Internet to communicate. It is a well written book full of interesting case studies of various heavy users of the Internet, some of which claim that they cannot cope with the difficulties of real life human interaction. She also explores the existence of multiple selves and the usage of multiple identities when on-line, (e.g. why some women assume male gender roles when on-line, why shy people become extroverts in chat rooms, etc.)
Prof. Turkle has received numerous awards and accolades. In 1995, she was selected member of "50 for the Future: the Most Influential People to Watch in Cyberspace," by Newsweek Magazine. More recently, she has been named one of top "50 Cyber Elite by Time Digital Magazine," and had "Seeing Through Computers" selected as one of Top 20 Articles of the year by the American Library Association's Library Instruction Round Table.
1948 - Born in Brooklyn, NY 1969 - Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris: Certificat d'Etudes Politiques 1970 - Radcliffe College: A.B., Social Studies, summa cum laude 1971 - University of Chicago: worked with the Committee on Social Thought 1973 - Harvard University: M.A., Sociology 1975-1976 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Research Fellow in Sociology 1976 - Harvard University: Ph.D., Sociology and Personality Psychology (Dissertation: "Psychoanalysis and Society: The Emergence of French Freud") 1976-1980 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Assistant Professor of Sociology 1980-1991 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Associate Professor of Sociology 1991-present - Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Professor of the Sociology of Science
Books
Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the InternetInterviews/Articles
Cover story in Wired
4.04, Sex,
Lies and AvatarsLinks
