Internet Use and Its Negative Impact on Social Life
The Internet is the latest in a chain of technological discovery in interpersonal communication. Its evolution has become a natural, background part of our life. It has changed the essence of people’s interaction with others in social world due to its easy access (Tylor, 2002). Like a telephone or telegraph, internet made connections among far-off people possible without any physical contiguity. Despite all of the effective and positive consequences in people’s everyday life, the internet also carries its negative effect. The excessive use of the internet can inhibit sociability (Nie & Hillygus, 2002) and negatively impact our social life. Internet use has constituted a shift in our time’s allocation. The most frequent protest about technology and the internet is that it is a time-waster that affects productivity and quality of life. The more time we spend in front of our computer, “surfing” through the internet, the less time we have to spend with our family and friends. Ther...
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