How do new technologies engaged with daily life?

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to analyze how do new technologies engaged with daily life? The quest for quality of life (QoL) is a increasing anxiety for persons and groups searching to find sustainable life approval in a technologically altering world. Industry, buyer assemblies, academics, and principle manufacturers have searched to better realize how the Internet assists to or detracts from society. This study analyzed the consequences of Internet undertakings, new media use, social support, and leisure undertakings on seen value of life. Correlation outcomes displayed those Internet undertakings, for example utilizing the Internet for sociability, joy searching and data searching, and new media use, correlate positively with diverse proportions of social support. However, use of the Internet, particularly for sociability, and computer use were inversely connected to QoL. Furthermore, hierarchical regression investigation disclosed that affectionate, affirmative social interaction, and emotional and informational social support, obtained from either online or offline causes, are the strongest determinants of value of life. More significant, QoL can furthermore be increased if apt allowances of time are expended on media-related undertakings, namely, less time on utilizing the Internet for intimate self-disclosure and in playing computer sport, and more time on hearing to melodies on CD/MD/MP3. Finally, taking part in community or devout undertakings for leisure was furthermore a important predictor of QoL. Implications considering principle formulation to advance life value are discussed.

Table of Content

CHAPTER I8

Introduction8

PURPOSE OF STUDY11

Literature Review12

Quality of life12

Social support14

Leisure activities18

Impact of the Internet and new media19

The role of social media use20

Personality as a predictor of Internet and social media use22

Statistics, news values and accuracy27

Media reporting of assisted dying32

CHAPTER III34

Methodology34

Sample and sampling procedures34

Measurements35

Social support36

Ethical Concerns44

CHAPTER IV46

Results46

Hypotheses testing46

Predicting quality of life52

Discussion60

Social support and QoL60

Internet activities and social support61

Internet activities and QoL61

New media use and social support62

New media use and QoL63

Leisure activities, social support, and QoL65

Mass media76

Chapter V81

Conclusion81

Limitations of the study83

REFERENCES85

Chapter I

Introduction

Over the past decade, the Internet has changed the way people work, play, learn, and communicate. Today, there is a scarcely an aspect of our life that is not being affected by the torrent of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via electronic mails (Henderson, 2001). The Internet adds a new entry to the list of older mechanisms such as the telephone, postal mail, TV, radio, and newspaper, all of which import communication and information into the household. In fact, many view the growth of the Internet and e-commerce ...