The Impact of Social Networks on Everday Life from a Psychological and a Sociological Approach

Pre-University Paper from the year 2011 in the subject Communications - Public Relations Advertising Marketing Social Media grade: 10 language: English abstract: 'Social networking' lies within human nature and evolved over centuries - at all times synchronously to recent innovation. 'Social networking' is not a modern 'phenomenon'. To reduce it to simpler terms 'social networking' means forming a society out of individuals. An instantaneous paradigm shift - regarding our ways of communication - has already occurred. Checking new e-mails or social network updates developed into a casual daily action just like taking a short look at one's watch in former times. 'Facebook' and it's social media equivalents have had a massive impact on social life structures especially within the examined age class of the under 18 year-old minors.