Hi everyone!
After an involuntary break, I'm back with this video about (un)social networks. Discussing the way social networks and technology affects our personal relationships must go further than the question "does technology unite us or divide us?" The implications it has in the way we construct our relationships and the way we relate to ourselves, to our insecurities and aspirations, is also worthy of analysis.
Here are some comprehension questions for a TED Talk on this matter. Before you listen, you may want to check the meaning of "Gallup" and "it drives me nuts".
1. How does the speaker interpret seeing people on their phones while on a date or a dinner? ("What it says to me is...")
2. How do pagers and answer machines compare to technology nowadays?
3. When she was talking to teenagers, what did the bargaining consist in? How did she respond?
4. What do we present on Facebook? Give three collocations.
5. What does she refer to with "emotional turmoil"?
6. How are we "our own personal relations firms"?
The key here (but give us your answers in the comments section).
And you? Which social networks do you use? Do you think they have altered the way you relate to yourself or to others? Tell us in the comments.
Enjoy!
After an involuntary break, I'm back with this video about (un)social networks. Discussing the way social networks and technology affects our personal relationships must go further than the question "does technology unite us or divide us?" The implications it has in the way we construct our relationships and the way we relate to ourselves, to our insecurities and aspirations, is also worthy of analysis.
Here are some comprehension questions for a TED Talk on this matter. Before you listen, you may want to check the meaning of "Gallup" and "it drives me nuts".
1. How does the speaker interpret seeing people on their phones while on a date or a dinner? ("What it says to me is...")
2. How do pagers and answer machines compare to technology nowadays?
3. When she was talking to teenagers, what did the bargaining consist in? How did she respond?
4. What do we present on Facebook? Give three collocations.
5. What does she refer to with "emotional turmoil"?
6. How are we "our own personal relations firms"?
The key here (but give us your answers in the comments section).
And you? Which social networks do you use? Do you think they have altered the way you relate to yourself or to others? Tell us in the comments.
Enjoy!
