Let’s Connect: Student’s Use of the Internet

College of Computer Studies, Cebu Institute of Technology-University

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Abstract changes that constitute a turning point in the history of social

communication. (Sari, 2008)[2]
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Introduction
Though these social interactions using the social media sites
available in the internet, students are able to share
In those early days, the internet was fascinating since it was information and data regarding their modules.
new and distinct. All things seemed possible. Internet
Theoretical Background
initiates became avant-garde1 elites. Of the great changes in
human endeavor to result from the Internet, others voiced There is a possible
grave concerns about some of these changes. In contrast to
the Web, which is to a great extent sorted out around users, Significance of the Study
online interpersonal organizations are composed around
It is hoped that the study will benefit the following:
clients. Through e-mail and instant messaging, online
communities are created where a gift economy and Students. To know what the internet, social media sites, are
reciprocal altruism are encouraged through cooperation. capable of giving aid with their studies.
Nowadays, the internet connects several individuals
especially students around the globe, no matter the distance Faculty. Teachers and staffs are able to address the issue of
through applicable social media sites. For families with students who are greatly dependent on mobile devices and
oversea workers, they get to be in-touch during their free the internet.
time, as long as each are online. Students can also create
friends even without seeing each other personally. Social
networking sites allow us to communicate much more with References
people than ever before. Web based social networking
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interests and activities across political, economic, and involvement and psychological well-being?, (1998)
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connected to people from afar using the internet but are [2] Sari, Hilmi. The Effect of Interaction of the Internet on
somehow disconnected to those who are near. Social Relationships. Department of Sociology. Damascus
University, unpublished MA thesis. (2008). Available:
A study showed a correlation between Internet use and https://www.ijern.com/journal/2016/June-2016/09.pdf
declines in social relationships and isolation. “Greater use of
the Internet was also associated with small, but statistically
significant declines in social involvement as measured by
communication with the family and the size of people’s local
social networks, and with increases in loneliness, a
psychological state associated with social involvement.”
(Kraut R, 1998)[1]
Due to the sudden and rapid developments in the Internet, the
number of users grows in an accelerating way day after day
despite the fact that this poses great dangers to relationships
and social values. The use of the Internet has changed the
course of life in cultural, ethical, value-based, behavioral and
economic sides. Also, the Internet has changed the ways
people interact with each other to the extent that it can be said
that the new form of communication has led to fundamental

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