this question is the topic of my doctoral research
Whether the use of Internet social networks will change our way of thinking? If yes, what changes?
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- 3+ months ago by mahinansari
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Mass-media always change our way of thinking and viewing certain things. Internet is included in mass-media, so it does, indeed modify our ideas.
Just to give you an example on social networks: Whenever we see a certain activity enjoyed by other, we tend to like it too, whether it was accepted by us or not. Facebook, for instance. How many times we've seen some ignorant reply admired by so many and we hit the "like" button almost instantly? That continues in a more psychological approach: the tendency to follow others.
Internet has taught us to accept things we've never imagined we could. It taught us that just because so many other people find it acceptable, we will end up accepting it too. It changed a part of our morals and values, it changed the way we guide our everyday lives...