Includes index.

New media technologies are having a key impact on society all together. Approximately all Internet users go online to conduct some of their ordinary routine activities, from ordinary routine activities, from ordinary activities to social tasks to personal recreation. A decade ago, it was very difficult to find and connect with people that you once knew in high school or college, even with the help of internet. When moved away, most people lost touch forever. The social media sites, such as Facebook and Google+, are making it much easier for people to find one another and reconnect, even after decades of being apart. The sites are a great way to see what is happening in the lives of friends and family, and to meet new people who have similar interests and thoughts to yours. The combination of such technologies into social settings within society, such as the household, is having a key influence on social interaction in many different ways. New media technologies can assist in increasing interaction amongst families by bringing generations and family members together. Within a few years social media has become an integral part of the world. Especially young people cannot think of communication without thinking of online-networks like Facebook, Google+, and /twitter. Why are people so enthusiastic about these new technologies of virtual interaction? This book examines the relationships between new media technologies within the households and social interaction between individuals in daily life. It explores how nee media technologies such as, "video games, computer games, the internet and e-mail" a well as televisions, mobile phones, Mp3 players and other types pf modern technology are playing a major role in everyday life in modern society. It is intended to give an overview on a complex topic by analyzing the possible effects of social media on both, individuals and the society as a whole. First we illustrate the current situation of social media in terms of facts and figures before we are deepening selected aspects of new forms of virtual interaction and global communication. New media technologies and the impact they are having on social interaction within the household is a current topic and of great importance to the present world. This book will presents an insight into the role that new media technologies play in the development of social interactions in everyday life.

Senior High School Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS)

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