IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON HUMANITY

Running Head: IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON HUMANITY
Impact of Social Media on Humanity
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As it is considered to be an understandable part that several operational aspects that are
associated several applications of social media basically runs and operates under numerous
innovative and advanced form of technology on a complete basis. According to the current
world internet directs in a particular manner under which the forms of communication can
be systematically carried out effectively form one place to another, person to person and
from culture to culture (Rambe and Nel 2015). Under this respective part there are several
expectations that, internet will generally become a ubiquitous part. Compared to this respective
segment scholars and researchers have different opinions regarding the impact of new media
technology and internet in the current world functioning.
Their opinions under this respective part is expressed generally in utopian and
dystopian perspectives and cover all features of life which the technology have experienced.
Several operational and functional aspects that are associated with the forms and platforms of
internet technology is strongly appreciated by the utopians where they consider this to be the
most valuable and potential tool with more advanced beneficial factors (Gerds and Chan 2017).
Some of the major positive possibilities that are associated with the side of internet basically
include supportive practice for democracy, education, intensive political action, human
interaction and many others.
On the other hand, as per several views identified form the side of dystopian who are
the alarmists and cyberpunks regarding the operational aspects that are associated with the
internet technology, they generally believe digital platforms to be a danger part which can
generally lead to the loss of humanity complete basis (Tench and Jones 2015). Compared to
several forms of text messages, comments from Facebook and twitter which pour in to television
and radio programs every single day, according to the viewpoint of the utopians supporters

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are suggestive of the internet allowing ordinary citizens for the part of participating and
having their own voice heard in discourse on issues which affect their lives in the particular
community they basically live in. However, apart from this respective part, it can be stared that
stories like girl murdered by friend whom she met through Facebook can create a strong form of
news.
Dystopian Proponents on the other hand, have certain causes for the part of
warning the dangers that are related to the system of dangers that are associated with the
application of internet technology (Roesler-Keilholz 2016). Several understandings that are
related to the system of internet and its associated applications and technology requires a basic
identification of several dimensions under which the functional aspects of internet can be
studied. According to several statements valuated and explained by the author Bell there
are three major ways and methods through which a brief study of internet and cyberspace can
be made which involves experiential, symbolic and material (Tiidenberg et al 2018). Under this
respective part the author cites several statements demonstrated by Stanley Aronowitz for the
part of providing the basic terms related to phenomenology, pragmatics and ontology as other
major part of synonyms for the part of discussing the methods of thinking about internet
technology on a complete basis.
Several materials stories that are associated with the system of internet technology gives
a clear historical understanding regarding how internet technology came to the part of existence
along with numerous forms of transformation it has basically undertaken. Thus, under this
respective part, the advent of ARP net which is a network that is completely based and is
related to computers which are geographically separated and that has the capability for the
part of exchanging the information among military installation is considered to be the core part