Anti-Social Behavior

Times are changing due to ICT, obviously. People are now using ICT as a form of social behavior replacing older methods such as posting letters, the telephone, and of course, talking to one another. What has become a revoultionary tool within computer communications, is now also being viewed as a tool of socially destructive behavior. This is very intriguing. Reading a post from another student, Kirby Bunt, made me think about the way in which ICT has changed the way in which we communicate with each other. You can read the post here –

https://kirbybunt.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/are-digital-technologies-making-us-anti-social/

There is no doubt that ICT has provided people a tool to communicate. However, we must look at the way in which it has provided a means for isolation and anti-social behavior. We must look at ways to stop the negative affects of this new technology. There is a website which I found to be very interesting. It has a quiz to decided whether or not your addicted to the internet. The link is provided below

http://people.hamilton.edu/bhouse/AreYouAddicted/Addicted.html