+1 862 207 3288 In this article, Gergen explains how new technologies of communication and social networking are diminishing the ability of people to think in their own way. He explains how the thoughts of individuals are be influenced by what others say and feel through new technologies of communication.
The author introduces to us the notion of polyvocality; literally meaning, many voices. It is discussed how there are many voices being projected which are absorbed by a single individual. If there are many opinions being put forth, the internal voice of the self may become somewhat syncopated. This means that the individual’s own deliberation on a topic is being disturbed by polyvocality.
As there are many opinions and arguments being put forward through technological advances (“shift from an oral to print culture,” Walter Ong), the individual does not get a chance to self consciously mak…(short extract)
