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Introduction

Technology is a diverse term which has various concepts embedded in it. Technology signifies the knowledge and usage of crafts and tools, and its effect on any individual or group's ability to adapt, control and implement it to their environment. Technology said to be a consequence of engineering and science, though various technological advances predate these two concepts. Technology can also be defined as use of mechanical objects such as hardware, machines, systems and utensils. New technologies in general may bridge gaps between rich and poor, powerful and powerless, haves and have nots, it may also enhance or hinder access to information in a democracy, in the workplace or broader social or cultural contexts (Bidgoli 2004, 141).

Since, discussion on technology can be extensive and limitless as it contains a lot of variations and forms, so this paper will restrict to one of widespread and popular technology i.e. Internet. Internet or more commonly known as World Wide Web is a huge network of computer systems that link world's individuals, institutions, and businesses. The computers that combine together, to form Internet ranges from PCs used by normal users to Mainframes used for Research purposes. Worldwide there has been a huge explosion in the adoption and use of the internet. Internet has caused significant influences on the way we work, make payments, shop, socialize, travel, in quick internet has digitalized our world. Internet has affected people's lives in every possible. This paper will now present how internet has affected individual and group's lifestyles sociologically, physiologically and psychologically.

Internet is a tool that offers many advantages attributed to education, commerce, entertainment and ultimately for the development of individuals. Internet has made life easier for many because of the conveniences it offers. However, Internet also attributed to destructive properties. The internet has reduced the social circle, affected the psychological well being, displaced social activity and replaced the stronger ties for weaker ones. The friendships created through internet network appear to be more limited than those backed by physical proximity. In recent years, evidence of negative consequences related to Internet use has led individual authors to propose the existence of Internet addiction disorder similar to the problems encountered with other addictive behaviors (Bidgoli 2004, 141).

Discussion

The Internet is among the rare group of entities that began as a development within the U.S. Department of Defense and later came to be one of the most impactful social forces in a way unimagined by the initial developers, researchers, and scientists. The Internet, and later the World Wide Web, has to this day made a lasting impression globally. Conceived of as a last ditch means of communication within the military, Internet were in some ways, the bomb shelter of the realm of telecommunications. Later, when universities revitalized it as a means of sharing research, it took on the overall shape, of what we today recognize as the Internet (McBee 2006, p. 3).

Today, the Internet is a media technology consisting of a global network of computers and other devices that ...