Imagine being at a lunch with friends but everyone is on their cell phones, sending text messages, checking emails, or surfing the web. What does scholar Sherry Turkle call this era?
A) being alone together
B) suffering from parasocial dysfunction
C) eliminating quality time
D) suspending reality for artificial reality

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Sherry Turkle refers to this era as "being alone together," highlighting how technology allows us to be physically present with others while being mentally and emotionally engaged elsewhere, leading to a paradoxical state of isolation in company.

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