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  2. Technology and society - Wikipedia

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    Although these previous examples only show a few of the positive aspects of technology in society, there are negative side effects as well. [6] Within this virtual realm, social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat have altered the way Generation Y culture is understanding the world and thus how they view themselves. In ...

  3. Digital media use and mental health - Wikipedia

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    A mediated model research study was done to see the effects of social media use on psychological well-being both in positive and negative ways. Although social media has a stigma of negative influence, this study looks into the positive as well. The positive influence of social media resulted in the feeling of connectedness and relevance with ...

  4. Psychological effects of Internet use - Wikipedia

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    Internet has its impact on all age groups from elders to children. According to the article 'Digital power: exploring the effects of social media on children's spirituality', children consider the Internet as their third place after home and school. [36] One of the main effects social media has had on children is the effect of cyber bullying.

  5. Technology - Wikipedia

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    As technology has advanced, so too has the negative environmental impact, with increased release of greenhouse gases, including methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere, causing the greenhouse effect. This continues to gradually heat the earth, causing global warming and climate change. Measures of technological innovation ...

  6. Societal impact of nanotechnology - Wikipedia

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    Many social scientists and organizations in civil society suggest that technology assessment and governance should also involve public participation. [2] [3] [4] Though the innovative part of nano-technology may excite people a lot of other worries about the societal and natural impact the advancement of nano-technology will bring.

  7. Sociotechnology - Wikipedia

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    Science and technology are big contributions to the economic development, but can also lead to negative side effects as it evolves. For example, people care more about materialistic things than the negative influences they have created in human morals and education.

  8. Social media and the effects on American adolescents

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    Social media may positively affect adolescents by promoting a feeling of inclusion, providing greater access to more friends, and enhancing romantic relationships.Social media allows people to communicate with other people using social media, no matter the distance between them. [4]

  9. Theories of technology - Wikipedia

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    Theories of technological change and innovation attempt to explain the factors that shape technological innovation as well as the impact of technology on society and culture. Some of the most contemporary theories of technological change reject two of the previous views: the linear model of technological innovation and other, the technological ...