Technology and the Impact on Society Technology Essay

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Impact of Social Media on Relationships
Oftentimes, the world is referred to as a global village, thanks to the advancement in technology that gave birth to the internet. The internet has enabled people from different parts of the world to communicate effectively as if they are in the same physical location. The world with no internet means no Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram, no WhatsApp, and no other social media platform that has ever existed. What a boring life that would be? People use social media to achieve different objectives in life, some even make an income out of it. Some relationships flourish as a result of social media. On the flip side, social media has become a major source of harm to some through cyberbullying, hacking and privacy issues not to mention the addiction that comes along with excessive use of social media. Addiction and obsession with social media can go further to cause health issues such as depression and anxiety. Coupled with other side effects of social media, relationships, be it professional or intimate, stand no chance of endurance or even establishing new ones.
The current society is dominated by new technologies that are both instrumental and fascinating at the same time. As new technologies strive to make the world a better place for human beings, there is a tendency to increasingly depend on it ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"eMYOZoED","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Gonzalez)","plainCitation":"(Gonzalez)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":210,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/IBolxqVE/items/4346PRI2"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/IBolxqVE/items/4346PRI2"],"itemData":{"id":210,"type":"article-journal","container-title":"University Times, California State University, Los Angeles","language":"English","page":"50-51","title":"Technology Taking Over?","author":[{"family":"Gonzalez","given":"Yzzy"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2013"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Gonzalez 1). Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and a few others have extremely fascinating capabilities that naturally attract the attention of any social being. ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"UO8tzqu5","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Greenwood et al.)","plainCitation":"(Greenwood et al.)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":213,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/IBolxqVE/items/KNIIR44H"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/IBolxqVE/items/KNIIR44H"],"itemData":{"id":213,"type":"article-journal","container-title":"Pew Research Center","issue":"2","note":"publisher: Washington, DC, USA:","source":"Google Scholar","title":"Social media update 2016","volume":"11","author":[{"family":"Greenwood","given":"Shannon"},{"family":"Perrin","given":"Andrew"},{"family":"Duggan","given":"Maeve"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2016"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} Greenwood et al. in their research pointed out that a large number of internet users are more likely to be available on multiple social media platforms (8). Presence in multiple platforms means more tim...