The Internet : The Positive Influence Of Technology And Social Media

Throughout the years the impact of the internet on society has evolved in many different ways. Since the creation of the internet its purpose in society has also evolved in various ways. At its simplest the internet is a tool that can be used for communication. As many of us know the internet is a flexible tool unlike any others that one can shape to fulfill their vision. In recent years the internet has emerged as a major source for information entertainment, and news, and other various means of communication. The internet has revolutionized the way in which the media operates. The media uses the internet as a tool to get information to the masses. Before the internet

    People do not realize the immense impact social media has on their lives.  Social media first impacted people’s lives with the invention of the telephone in 1890.  Following this, the radio entered many homes in 1891; this was the beginning of social media.  During the twentieth century, computers and the Internet began the modern rise of today’s social media. UseNet, in 1979 was a virtual newsletter, which began what people think today of as modern social media.  When home computers became popular during the 1980s, such sites as relay chats took off.  Then, in 1997, the first true social media site , Six Degrees, came about: “It enabled users to upload a profile and make friends with other users. In 1999, the first blogging sites became popular, creating a social media sensation that’s still popular today” ( “Complete History of Social Media: Than and Now”). Although social media has some positive effects,  social media has changed the world for the worse because it negatively affects politics, privacy, and bullying.

It is important to know the history of the internet. The internet is a worldwide network of computer systems that are connected to each other by cables (Howe, 2012). The internet first started out as a military experiment. In 1957, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was created by the United States department of Defense (Computer History Museum, 2004). The project was started after the Russians launched a satellite into space for communication reasons. The satellite was called SPUTNIK (Computer History Museum, 2004). It was rumored that President Eisenhower got worried and decided to get the United States to launch its own satellite. They recruited Dr. Joseph C. Licklider of MIT, was made head of the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO)(Computer History Museum, 2004). Their purpose of the project was to focus on improving the military use of computer information.

Social media has corrupted the lives of the newer generation. It is no secret that technology has taken over the world by storm. While some technological advances have helped America, most have done the exact opposite. In discussions of social media

The social media are forms of communication but everything has a limit, so we must see the most negative aspects and the conditions of misuse of them. In the last years they have caused cultural, social and educational changes. A group of American experts have considered that spending hours on the Internet can be a psychiatric problem. Today social networks are like today's newspapers, you can find all the trends that turn to reality, and the reaction that users have to them, making them quickly become fashionable even if they are a waste of time. When a teenager or any person creates a social network account they have

Our society has evolved very much over time. The technology, has impacted it greatly. With technology in our lives, we find ourselves ‘glued’ to our electronics. Now, the question is, what does social media provide us? In Wu’s article, he states, “The devices we use change the way we live much faster than any contest among genes.” Meaning, we rely on these devices to make us happy, and resort to them when we are bored. Similarly, in Castells article, he says, “Media often report that intense use of the Internet increases the risk of isolation, alienation, and withdrawal from society.” However, the article also says that social media has actually “increased sociability, civic engagement, and the intensity of family and friendship relationships, in all cultures.” Answering the question, we actually get something out of using social media. We are allowed to communicate with

Technology has taken over lives, schools, homes and this world. In this “Look at me” era, social media as made people fraudulent. Students’ real and virtual selves face contradistinction. Not only are people changing emotionally, their minds are mentally changing as well. Studies are showing that the Internet is effecting the way people read. The Net has damaged people’s capacities for deliberation and consideration. Technology has allowed people to wield ultimate power. Withholding all that power is very dangerous and has caused some to lose their lives. This generation is living in an anti-social world due to social networks. Therefore, the relationship between people and technology has created a negative impact on each other.

The rapid growth of technology in our society has become more dominant than it was in the 17th and 18th century. Today, technology is used for almost everything in our day to day lives. But the most common usage of technology is for communication and industrialization. However, every good thing has its disadvantage if it is over used, and since technology has become very dominant, it is used by both young and older people but more predominant among the youth of the today. Even more, technology has brought about social networking such as Facebook, Twitter, my space, piazza.com, instagram, tango, and last but not the least texting. According to socialnetworking.procon.org, “47% of American adults used social networking sites like

In this digital age, technology is everywhere. The continuing growth of technology made people’s lives become too complacent and lethargic. Every human being grasp the advantages of technology in pursuit of doing things fast and easy. What exactly is technology? The word technology can describe different type of electronics and machinery today such as microwave, television, cars, computers and even manufacturing cables. The internet, which is a vital part of technology, makes any thing easily accessible and offers convenience through the use of social media. According to Ventola, social media is referred to as “Internet-based tools that allow individuals and communities to gather and communicate; to share information, ideas, personal messages, images, and other content; and, in some cases, to collaborate with other users in real time” (Ventola, 2014, p. 491). Even though technology can be educational and let people stay connected with family and friends, it causes social isolation for people who are having difficulty to disengage or being dependent on technology’s advancement. The use of technology like the internet and devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops and computers can negatively impact people psychologically and physically because it can damage social skills development, inhibits social interaction, and it enticed people to waste time.

The internet started as a project funded by the Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA), this agency is a branch of the military. Initially, the internet was used to connect the University of Utah with three other institutions in California. The reason for this connection was to make effective use of the very expensive computers that these institutions housed by having them share information, this network system came to be known as ARPANET. One of the first applications used through this network was Telnet, which allowed researchers to remotely control the computers connected to the ARPANET.

Ito’s 2008 study on the presence of media in the lives of young people further elaborates on this: “In both friendship-driven and interest-driven online activity, youth create and navigate new forms of expression and rules for social behavior. In the process, young people acquire various forms of technical and media literacy by exploring new interests, tinkering, and ‘messing around’ with new forms of social media” (Iko). Social media strengthens interactions amongst the entire population, even allowing citizens of less fortunate countries to participate in discussions varying widely in topic. Information is more readily available than ever before.

The term “social media” is one that has been coined only since the beginning of the 20th century. In centuries prior, the earliest forms of communication were conducted through hand written letters dating back to 550 B.C. (Hendricks, 2013). Following this method of communication, the telegraph was invented, followed by the radio and telephone towards the end of the 19th century (Hendricks, 2013). It was not until the 20th century when the first versions of the “computer” were introduced. By the 1980’s, almost 100 years after the invention of the telephone and the radio, home computers and the use of email and online “chats” were beginning to be used (Hendricks, 2013). During the early 2000’s the popularity in social media sites such as

Since the late 19th Century there has been many changes that were taking place in society. The major one was the introduction of the internet and the World Wide Web. Around the 1950 's the first network called ARPANET was created and through research the internet was later on produced in the late 1970 's. Within two decades the internet went from being a new form of communication technology, to being, for most people a very important part of their culture and daily life. Many once held an optimism that the Internet would for example revolutionise work and office life, create active, engaged citizens instead of the passive subjects of the broadcast media age (Poster, 1995)1, or lead to the creation of alternative communities, worlds and even identities free from the prejudices of offline society (Rheingold, 1993)2. This was indeed a drastic change to how the culture previously was as the internet and technology just made simple daily activities much easier, for instance instead of sending letters one could just send an email or an instant message. In the more recent years many resources became available online, some of which was previously done physically such as job applications, benefit forms and assistance of general information. This is due to globalisation, modernisation, the internet and social media. This essay will discuss whether we live in a 'digital culture ', and how it differs from previous cultural traditions and practices.

The Internet has come a long way within the past 10 years. It once was used mostly as a form of mass communication with very limited forms of interpersonal communication. Since the birth of social media, the internet has now become the most important way (if not the only way) to keep in touch with a lot of people at the same time. Most of humanity considers Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and e-mail as the best way to exchange daily information with family, friends, colleagues, and even their most favorite movie actor. Human relations has been changed the most since the existence of Social Networking.

In the past decade technological improvements have progressed and expanded throughout our world. Such advancements have led to the creation of a new realm, one in which anyone and everyone can connect to and communicate at a faster speed than ever before. With the creation of the internet came an alternative method in which we are able to get information faster, and social media, where we are able to communicate easier with those who are far from us. Despite these new means of communication, there is a downfall to such innovation. As online communications increase, human interaction deteriorates as we become vastly dependant on the internet, to the extent where we cannot function properly without it.