The Internet s Effect On State Society Relations - 979 Words

A Century Ago, It Was the Telephone That Threatened To Reinvent Society† by Tom Vanderbilt. The essay focuses on how the concerns about social effects of the internet and technology existed in the past and today’s situation is not different. Internet, similar to telephone in the past raised some questions regarding the social effects but we don’t have to worry. It opposes the main concept of all other sources regarding effects of technology. The seventh article is, â€Å"Weighing the Scales: The Internet s Effect on State-Society Relations† by Daniel W Drezner the article explains the effect of the internet (technology) on the relationships between the governments and its people. The author describes how the impact of information and†¦show more content†¦In all the eight articles, one thing is certain that technology evolution is raising big concerns. Whether it was back then in 1970’s when telephone access was allowed to public or now, when internet has caused a revolution, making access to information simpler than ever. There is a united opinion by many experts that the technology will take over the mankind not only in terms of how we think but also how we communicate in social relationships. Maarten Derksen and Tjardie Wierenga address the similar concerns raising serious questions over the history of social communications and how the things have changed in time. Although, it describes the era o f last century but the pattern is the same. For example, as the time has progressed, instead of mobile phones decreasing the distances between people have changed their life in a way in which people now don’t pay attention to people sitting right next to them, rather they are busy in the smartphone applications. It has made the communication of a person living in U.S. very easy to talk another in India but the social values have also changed. Technology has made life much easier but one can’t ignore the fact that how stressful it has become. We can’t blame everything on technology but we have to realize that it is heavily involved in how the future is shaping up. Hence, today’s social communication on internet is a good example