Impact of Internet Connectivity on the Behaviour of Individual

Question: Discuss about the Impact of Internet Connectivity on Individual's Behavior. Answer: Requirements for the impact of internet connectivity on individuals behavior The Current Model of the project The current model of the project is as shown herein above. The diagram of the model is mentioned below: From the above diagram we can easily state that the model that is defined above is the current model and it has several other significant aspects (2005 International Conference on Emerging Technologies, 2005). We can easily figure out the relationships that have been tried to implement on the various factors that are mentioned in the above diagram. The current model depicts the individual behavioral system with all its positive and negative impacts that relies on the connectivity of the internet along with the addiction towards the same. The Social Network is used as a tool or medium for better connectivity and are correlated among each other. Current problem of the Project The project at present is primarily focused on the effect of social networking on the behavior along with the concept of internet addiction. The concept pertaining to Internet addiction along with the effect that the various social networking sites have on an individuals behavior and the data is not easily available and the parameters that are to be measured for such a project cannot be measured easily. A short description of effect of social networking on an individuals behavior along with the concept of Internet addiction is being provided herein. It has been said by various professionals that the various social websites that are found over the internet has the potential of being harmful for an individual. It is often being reported that the social site have the capability of destroying ones privacy. It has also been further stated that due to the internet and the ubiquity of the present day technology, human beings have become much more complacent in nature as well as risk averse. It is often stated that we individuals do not act in our own way out of the fear of being recorded through some form of digital media and being seen by many over the Internet. A survey was conducted by CNN through its online portal. The survey topic was stated as Are you tired of Social Networking? It was amazing to look at the response for the survey being in the positive for over 70% of the total answers. However conflicting facts state that in just five months of 2009 a total of 72.5% of the total number of twitter account users had joined the mi cro-blogging site and furthermore the report revealed that around 85.3% of all the users on the micro blogging site tweeted at least once in a day. It is to be noted that this is one of numerous reports that puts us a conflict between the Internet and the behavior of an individual (Cantoni, Tardini, 2006). Furthermore it is to be noted that interaction over the internet lacks any physical form of interaction and thus it leaves the individuals to freely act as per their will while being a completely different individual on the inside. The term internet anonymity is also one of the problems and has a direct effect on the individual behavioral pattern. Furthermore, it is to be stated that individuals have become increasingly addicted to the internet with time. Individuals are becoming more and more dependent on this medium of communication with the passage of time. It has been observed through various reports and other researches that the addiction to the internet is being considered as a disorder and is often found to be existing along with issues pertaining to the mental health of an individual. Further researches have revealed that internet addiction is primarily linked with the mental state of depression of an individual. Surveys and further researches have revealed that Internet addiction has a direct effect on an individual psychologically, socially and even occupationally. It has been found that in the past few years there has been an exponential rise in the number of individuals gaining access to the internet and using the same in an excessive manner (Emerging cognitive neuroscience and related technologies, 2008). The addi ction to the internet has been classified in 5 major sections, which being: Cyber sexual Addiction: wherein an addict is spending the majority of their online time in browsing through various pornographic websites and watching cyber porn. Net Compulsions: this is basically a type of obsession for an individual who is an addict. The addicts have a habit of gambling online and being a shopaholic over the digital stores (The Internet, 2009). Cyber-relationship: the addicts who spend the majority of their time in browsing through social websites and are constantly embroiling themselves into relationships that are being forged over the internet. Information Overload: these types of addicts have an excessive urge to surf the internet over and over again for different data and various types of databases (Vasseur, Dunkels, 2010) Computer Game Addiction: These types of addicts of the internet are basically the ones who are spending the majority of their online time in playing games over the internet. Internet addiction has reached to such a point that at present it is being treated as a form of mental disorder. Thus it is being considered as an integral part of the mental health programs all over the world. It might be useful as well as constructive in nature if a study could be conducted methodically and carefully of the various behavioral patterns the individuals who are addicted to the internet along with the behavioral patterns of the individuals while conduction antisocial activities over the internet (Hine, 2013). A proper and fundamental understanding of the root nature of the problems shall be of help to the different researchers as also for the educators for developing a proper educational program. These programs will be able to the solve some of the problems pertaining to excessive internet usage and the effects that the internet has on the behavior of an individual. It is to be noted that all the variables that have stated herein above in this section are complex variables in nature and are not feasible for collection of data. Hence, the proposed model or the theorized model shall be used in place of the current model for a better understanding of the effect that the Internet has on the behavior of an individual. The proposed solution Thus based on the above mentioned problems that might arise while conducting the research, it is being proposed that the model be changed to accommodate the new parameters as given in the hypothesis model as shown herein below. It is to be mentioned herein that the internet connectivity shall not be changing it will be the primary and independent variable in the new model (Zhang, 2002). The use of internet addiction shall be incorporating the various types of internet tools as aforementioned. The factors of the social networking shall be transformed into a dependent variable known as internet connectivity. The dependent variable antisocial behavior shall be transformed to individuals behavior (Huffman, 2012). It is being reiterated that the present topic for the project is complex in nature and will be difficult in collecting proper data for the different parameters. Thus to simplify the method of data collection and reducing the measurable variables to a limited number of parameters, the project topic shall be brought down to focus exclusively on Individuals Behavior and the internet tools along with their effect on the Individuals Behavior (Manley, 2004). Evaluation Table Original Project Plan Proposed new Project plan Environment Information Channels Pros Cons Information Channels Pros Cons Online activities Internet usage Smartphones, Desktops, Devices with internet access Internet Connectivity Use of Internet tools Positive Impact Negative Impact Facts of Internet Connectivity (internal external) Individual Behaviour Wide area to be covered Too many parameters for measurement Not all parameters can be easily measured Internet Connectivity Internet Addictions Positive Impacts Negative Impact Social Networking Antisocial Behaviour and Depression Less area to be covered Lesser number of data parameters Data can be easily obtained Simple nature of data and can be interpreted easily Flowchart The following is the flowchart of the new process: References 2005 International Conference on Emerging Technologies. (2005) (1st ed.). Piscataway, N.J. Brasch, N. (2011).The Internet(1st ed.). Mankato, Minn.: Smart Apple Media. 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