Running Head: TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE 1 Running head: TITLE 2 How the internet and the social media are affecting Institutional Affiliations Name Date The advent of the internet and the social media has helped to transform human life to more creative and enlightened existence (O'Keeffe et al.,2013).The internet has helped to transform education, work, and communication making it easier than ever before. For many years humanity has been seeking simple ways of communicating to enhance socialization, work, and business (Livingstone,2004). However what has appeared to be the solution to barriers of communication and geographical distances has turned out to be harmful. The internet has caused multiple problems to the youth and children. They are exposed to adult material and cyber bullying. Businesses that have adopted it solutions have also been exposed to cyber security issues like hacking. Regulatory mechanisms, as well as security policies, need to be introduced to solve the new problems that technology solutions have come with. For example, social media sites have to come up with ways of minimizing cyber bullying. Superior technological solutions to counteract hacking should also be explored (Mangold et al.,2004). Other new problems that might be introduced include internet addiction. For example, the youth spend so much of their time visiting social media sites instead of helping up with constructive tasks of making the society better. Issues of cybercrime are also expected to morph into more sophisticated forms that may not be easy to deal with unless a comprehensive mechanism is created (Van Dijck,2013). Businesses and those who are socially privileged can acquire special political and economic power; this is because they have the ease and the capacity to harness technological advantage for their benefit compared to the less privileged (Jenkins et al.,2009). New technology has created a breeding site for the development of slang, and traditional ways of communication are becoming archaic slowly by slowly. The traditional language is fast changing into new forms (Bertot et al.,2010). REFERENCES Bertot, J. C., Jaeger, P. T., & Grimes, J. M. (2010). Using ICTs to create a culture of transparency: E-government and social media as openness and anti-corruption tools for societies. Government information quarterly, 27(3), 264-271. Jenkins, H., Purushotma, R., Weigel, M., Clinton, K., & Robison, A. J. (2009). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century. MIT Press. Livingstone, S. (2004). Media literacy and the challenge of new information and communication technologies. The Communication Review, 7(1), 3-14. Mangold, W. G., & Faulds, D. J. (2009). Social media: The new hybrid element of the promotion mix. Business Horizons, 52(4), 357-365. O'Keeffe, G. S., & Clarke-Pearson, K. (2011). The impact of social media on children, adolescents, and families. Pediatrics, 127(4), 800-804. Van Dij ...

1. Running Head: TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE
1
Running head: TITLE
2
How the internet and the social media are affecting
Institutional Affiliations
Name
Date
The advent of the internet and the social media has helped to
transform human life to more creative and enlightened existence
(O'Keeffe et al.,2013).The internet has helped to transform
education, work, and communication making it easier than ever
before.
For many years humanity has been seeking simple ways of
communicating to enhance socialization, work, and business
(Livingstone,2004).
However what has appeared to be the solution to barriers of
communication and geographical distances has turned out to be
harmful. The internet has caused multiple problems to the youth
and children. They are exposed to adult material and cyber
bullying. Businesses that have adopted it solutions have also
been exposed to cyber security issues like hacking.
Regulatory mechanisms, as well as security policies, need to be

2. introduced to solve the new problems that technology solutions
have come with. For example, social media sites have to come
up with ways of minimizing cyber bullying. Superior
technological solutions to counteract hacking should also be
explored (Mangold et al.,2004).
Other new problems that might be introduced include internet
addiction. For example, the youth spend so much of their time
visiting social media sites instead of helping up with
constructive tasks of making the society better. Issues of
cybercrime are also expected to morph into more sophisticated
forms that may not be easy to deal with unless a comprehensive
mechanism is created (Van Dijck,2013).
Businesses and those who are socially privileged can acquire
special political and economic power; this is because they have
the ease and the capacity to harness technological advantage for
their benefit compared to the less privileged (Jenkins et
al.,2009).
New technology has created a breeding site for the development
of slang, and traditional ways of communication are becoming
archaic slowly by slowly. The traditional language is fast
changing into new forms (Bertot et al.,2010).
REFERENCES
Bertot, J. C., Jaeger, P. T., & Grimes, J. M. (2010). Using ICTs
to create a culture of transparency: E-government and social
media as openness and anti-corruption tools for societies.
Government information quarterly, 27(3), 264-271.
Jenkins, H., Purushotma, R., Weigel, M., Clinton, K., &
Robison, A. J. (2009). Confronting the challenges of
participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century. MIT
Press.
Livingstone, S. (2004). Media literacy and the challenge of new
information and communication technologies. The
Communication Review, 7(1), 3-14.

3. Mangold, W. G., & Faulds, D. J. (2009). Social media: The new
hybrid element of the promotion mix. Business Horizons, 52(4),
357-365.
O'Keeffe, G. S., & Clarke-Pearson, K. (2011). The impact of
social media on children, adolescents, and families. Pediatrics,
127(4), 800-804.
Van Dijck, J. (2013). The culture of connectivity: A critical
history of social media. Oxford University Press.