Impact of Internet on Social Connections in Family System: A Survey Study of Residents in Lahore

Abstract

This study explores the "Impact of internet on the social capital and relations" through survey using questionnaire as a tool of data collection. Finding of the study revealed that 40% respondents reported that it results in less emotional bonding among real life relations because people concentrate more on virtual ties. 40% respondents said that due to internet usage their reliance on electronic medium increases. 73% respondents agree that they use the internet to know new people, as it helps the users to increase their online social capital. Among respondents 59% people agree that they use the internet to renew online contacts with old friends. Whereas only 25% respondents strongly agree they use the internet to intensify online contacts with their relatives. It targeted 440 respondents and got response from 400 (200 male, 200 female) having demographic characteristics like, age, gender, education and income of respondents. For age the researcher has selected youth (20-25 y) and middle aged (30-40 y) sample is selected, for status, students and professionals/teachers sample is selected, for gender, the researcher has selected female and male, and for income, low, middle and high income sample has been selected and lastly for education, both IT educated and Non-IT educated sample has been selected. The key variables of hypothesis were" Impact of internet on relations with social capital, Impact of internet on the face to face communication, Impact of internet on virtual ties". For this study, impact of internet has been operationalized into several dependent and independent variables.

Understanding Multiculturalism in a Family on Whatsapp Group in the Disruption Era

“…Third, the research conducted by Khalid (2017) with the title 'Impact of Internet on Social Connections in Family System', focused on family relations like this study, but Khalid used quantitative method, while we used qualitative method. For the other previous studies, many raised cultural communication in social media but did not focus on the new culture that emerged as the result of communication experience, cultural intelligence and the meaning of multiculturalism on the WhatsApp Group.…”

“…Social media is an online media that users can easily participate, share and create the content (Satyadewi, Hafiar, & Nugraha, 2017). Based on a study, there were 25% informants from 400 informants who were respondents becoming the subjects of their research strongly agreed that they used the internet to intensify the relations with their families (Khalid, 2017).…”

“…The internet is the latest mode of communication and socialization that reduces face to face or telephone contact. The internet expands the gap among individuals by isolating them and reducing the time spent to participate in social activities (Khalid, 2017).…”

“…The quote confirms how the changes made by the new media make the world a smaller field of interaction. Social media changes social relationship because it facilitates people to keep connecting and sharing information (Khalid, 2017).…”

Disagreement between Parents and Adolescents for Use of Social Media- A Critical Analysis

“…Parents and adolescents are found to be closer if they spend much time with each other (Peterson, 2009). Communication between parent and adolescent were less and they were less emotionally connected with their real surrounding due to more connection with the social networking sites (Khalid, 2017). Due to social media and texting, their children no longer have as much social interaction face-to-face because they see it as easier to say what they want behind a computer screen (Livingstone, 2008).…”