Effects of the Internet on Interpersonal Communication
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Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas
Capitol Site, Batangas City, 4200
Final Paper:
The Effects of the Internet
On Interpersonal Communication
Presented to
Dr. Neil P. Balba
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the subject Advanced Educational Technologies (MA 709)
Master of Arts Major in English Language Studies
by:
Ma. Anna Corina G. Kagaoan-Pablo
April 29, 2011
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The influence of the Internet has caused a change in the way we communicate, learn and shop. The Internet is probably most famous for the ability to spread information, fact or fiction. We were once limited to news editors of a local paper, then to national cable news.
There is no question that easy access to the Internet, like the introduction of mail service and the invention of the telephone, has changed the nature of people's connection to others in their social world. Mail made possible connections among people without physical proximity, and the telephone facilitated communication among distant people, making rapid connections possible across long distances.
But has this communication revolution changed the pure nature of interpersonal and group processes?
On the one hand, since the primary use of the Internet is communication, some people might speculate that the Internet will have positive social consequences in people's everyday lives because it increases the frequency and quality of interpersonal communications among people. People with easy access to others would feel better connected and more strongly supported by others, leading to happiness and engagement in families, organizations, communities, and society more generally.
But, on the other hand, the ease of electronic communication may lead to weaker social ties, because people have less reason to leave their homes and actually interact face to face with other people. The Internet allows people to more easily work from their home, to form and sustain friendships and even romantic
Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas
Capitol Site, Batangas City, 4200
Final Paper:
The Effects of the Internet
On Interpersonal Communication
Presented to
Dr. Neil P. Balba
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the subject Advanced Educational Technologies (MA 709)
Master of Arts Major in English Language Studies
by:
Ma. Anna Corina G. Kagaoan-Pablo
April 29, 2011
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The influence of the Internet has caused a change in the way we communicate, learn and shop. The Internet is probably most famous for the ability to spread information, fact or fiction. We were once limited to news editors of a local paper, then to national cable news.
There is no question that easy access to the Internet, like the introduction of mail service and the invention of the telephone, has changed the nature of people's connection to others in their social world. Mail made possible connections among people without physical proximity, and the telephone facilitated communication among distant people, making rapid connections possible across long distances.
But has this communication revolution changed the pure nature of interpersonal and group processes?
On the one hand, since the primary use of the Internet is communication, some people might speculate that the Internet will have positive social consequences in people's everyday lives because it increases the frequency and quality of interpersonal communications among people. People with easy access to others would feel better connected and more strongly supported by others, leading to happiness and engagement in families, organizations, communities, and society more generally.
But, on the other hand, the ease of electronic communication may lead to weaker social ties, because people have less reason to leave their homes and actually interact face to face with other people. The Internet allows people to more easily work from their home, to form and sustain friendships and even romantic