Modernity In Modern Society

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In human interactions , the popularization of the Internet has made the connection between people become extensive and close , building entertainment groups , sports organizations , and amateur associations. Everyone can establish their own circle of friends in social media ,such as Facebook ,wechat. This circle includes not only family and friends , but also strangers.This circle spans time and space. The letters we shared and accepted in this circle could not be imagined before. Some positive effect of network ,especially building an Internet community have been discussed in existing studies ,including the great size of the population covered by the information and the large scope of the information that people obtained . The Internet divides …show more content…

Afterwards, this paper expounds the manifestations of the essential changes, and then analyzes the concrete manifestations in real life by combining the phenomena in real life and the existing literature. Firstly, this paper describes the e virtual social circles which different from traditional society relationship in the way of people 's communication,followed by explaining that people in modern society have more dependence on the cellphone , and then evaluated these two specific performances respectively. People living in modern society seems to gain security and freedom. In fact, people are gradually constrained by various high-tech products, and becoming dependents of products that lacking complete human freedom. Therefore, with the progress of modernity, people should always keep a clear head and critically treat modern …show more content…

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