THE DARK

SIDE OF
INTERNET
A. Utopia and Dystopia Views of the Internet
Utopia and dystopia fiction are subgenre of science
fiction that explore social and political structures.
Throughout the years, the internet has provided great
service and help to researchers, professors, students,
and whoever needs any help of anything. People tend to think
of the negative effects that it may possess through the dystopian
mentality. Although it would never hurt to have a positive thinking
for the Internet, or utopian mentality, for it will provide us an even
greater purpose in the future than it already does now.
What is Utopia?
The word “utopia” is a pun. It comes from the Greek
word for “good place” but also “no place”. It’s good, but it
doesn’t exist. According to the Cambridge Dictionary,
utopia is the idea of having a perfect society in which
everyone works well with each other and its happy.
Utopianism plays an important role in influencing
change. Utopian thinking lets us to maneuver different
possibility of innovation, imagining and creating
masterpiece inside our heads that could someday be a
possible output. Utopianism maybe important for the
improvement of our way of life, It may possess great
effects but if it is not used carefully, it may become
dangerous.
What is Dystopia?
Dystopia is an imperfect world, where everything goes
the wrong way. According to Meriam- Webster dictionary,
dystopia is an imagine world or society in which people lead
wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives.
Utopian and Dystopian of the Internet and Technology
Jobs that were once performed by humans are now being
done by machines. Jobs are vanishing huge amount of people
being unemployed because of this. As time goes by, these
numbers will undeniably increase. Artificial intelligence,
augmented reality, virtual reality, universal basic income, and
block chain, these are advances in our technology that
developers promised to mold the future and solve the
problems the world has as of the present. However, through
the development of these, the world is at risk of possibly
removing the sole purpose of humans.
B. Media Acceleration and information
What is Data Smog(Information Overload)
The term data smog is connected to the smog we experience
through nature. Data smog points out the staggering amount of
information and data, these data are usually acquired through
internet searches.
How to avoid the negative effect of data smog:
1. Go on “data fast”
2. Try spending some time away from communication devices,
television, and the internet.
3. Make use of print media every once in a while.
4. Avoid sending or forwarding chain message, or any other
useless information online.
5. Filter unwanted message and/or emails.
Media Acceleration in Sports Culture
The use of blogging, vlogging and social networking sites-
especially Twitter, by professional athletes, sports leagues, sports
teams, and sports fans, has increased quickly and has been rampant
over the past few years.
Twitter
Twitter is an arena where athletes could make their fans day by
replying to them from time to time. Twitter has been one of the most
used social media platform by the sports community. Where leagues
post updates about the latest games for people who were not able to
watch them. Athletes use this to “trash talk” each other before big
games, which makes us, the fans and watchers, more interested and
hooked on the game.
Instagram
Through Instagram, we can see athletes posting photographs of
their travels, games, their family.
Blog
Blogging was introduced in the Philippines early 1995 and started to grow during 2012 as a revolutionized
medium of communication, and probably influence Philippines society.
Ten step to blog:
1. Find out your forte in writing.
2. Analyze your competition.
3. Create a plan.
4. Develop your blog.
5. Publish evergreen and engaging content.
6. Optimize your content for each engines.
7. Promote your blog and content in social media.
8. Monitor and analyze your blog’s performance
9. Apply and implement available monetization schemes.
10. Continue blogging and wait for your earnings.
Vlogging
Vlogging also known as video blogging requires commitment, consistence y is build a habit
from audience and set a series of videos that follow an individual’s daily life. The vlog last for
about 5 minutes to 15 minutes and vlogger uses Youtube to consume longer form, highly
produced video content.
What are the benefits?
1. Build Brands.
2. Build Leverage.
3. Build Relevance.
What are the Drawbacks?
4. Invites Criticism.
5. Takes Effort.
6. Needs Commitment.
C. Internet Addiction and Isolation
What is internet addition?
Internet Addiction Disorder(IAD) is identified as an
impulse control disorder but without involvement of illegal
drugs or alcohol.
Types of Online Addiction
1. Games
2. Cyber Sexual and Cyber Relationship
3. Social Networking
4. Net Compulsions
5. Information
Signs of Internet Addiction
1. Gradual increase of time with the use of Internet just to feel satisfied.
2. The user uses internet to cope with negative feeling and bad mood.
3. The user feels anxious, restless, irritable, or moody when they are not able to go online.
4. The user is an able to minimize the use of internet after multiple attempts.
5. The user loses track of time when online
6. The user chooses to spend most of his/her time using the internet over other significant things in life like
work, school, travel, relationships, and other more.
7. The user is willing to sacrifice or to lose job, relationship, opportunities to be able to go online.
Causes of Internet Addiction
8. The user who might be shy in real life may feel secured with the feeling of anonymity when using the internet.
9. The user turns to internet use to escape from problems.
10. The user uses the virtual world to connect with people to compensate their lack of ability in real life
communication.
11. The feeling of having a quick access to everything persuades to use the internet more often than intented.
Effects of Internet Addiction
1. Family problems
2. Medical health problem
3. Academic difficulty
4. Financial issues
5. Medical problem
6. Work complication
7. Unhealthy sleeping habits
8. Socially awkward
How to Treat internet Addiction?
• Self-help, which can be used if the person thinks that the problem is not that
serious, yet, If the user thinks that he/she can still handle and correct
themselves on their own.
1.Keeping track of your daily internet use
2. Look for other easy activities that can be used to replace the time of using the internet.
3. Think the reasons why you always end up using the internet to much.
4. If you feel restless when not using internet, try different relaxation methods to center your self.
5. Keep yourself busy doing different things.
6. If there is still no progress , start to consider asking for professional help.
• Professional Treatment, this involves a licensed psychologist or a councilor, who can help the user in
controlling their use of the internet. One of the most common therapies is the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Treatment, which includes the exploration of the person’s usage pattern. Residential Inpatient Internet
Addiction Treatments Centers are also available.
What is social Isolation?
Social Isolation is the state in which a person feels the
lack of ability in socializing. The person also feels the like
he/she does not belong.
Emotional isolation
It is a state of unable and unwilling to share emotions
with anyone. It occurs due to social isolation and isolated
emotionally because of social network.
1.Solitude means being alone.
2. Isolation means lack of support in social relationships
and emotion.
3. Loneliness means longing for social contact.
Does Social Media Cause isolation?
From 19 up to 32 years old found frequent social media users and got the higher levels of
perceived social isolation with three times as likely to feel isolated as the least frequent users.

How the Internet affects Social Isolation?

People who use the internet frequently spend fewer time in doing different kinds of
activities and this includes socializing. A study conducted by Sanders, Field, Diego and
Kaplan(2000) shows that lower internet use by teenager or adolescents is related to a better
relationship with parents and even friends. The study also found that higher internet use
leads to a person’s weaker social ties.
D. Selective Exposure and Political Polarization
What is selective Exposure Theory?
Selective Exposure Theory is the tendency of a person within mass media to
avoid stumbling upon an information that opposes their current opinion and to
search for an information that ca strengthen or prove their view. It is a human
nature for us not to want our ideas, opinions , and beliefs to contradicted.
Selective Exposure in the Internet Age
With the rise of the internet, we tend to rely deeply on it in everything that we
do.
Negative, readers should not avoid information contradicting their current view.
Positive, readers should learn what to believe or what not to believe when
reading information online.
What is Political Polarization?
According to Dimaggio , Evans , Bryson(1996), polarization is both a state and a process.
Polarization as a STATE refers to the extent to which opinions on an issue are opposed in relation to
some theoretical maximum. Polarization as a PROCESS refers to the increase in such opposition
over time.
Polarization refers to the divided political outlook in ideology extremes.
Two types of Political Polarization
1. Elite Polarization- is the polarization within a party. This happens when the party's views are
homogenous.
2. Popular Polarization- sometimes called mass polarization happens when majority of the people
in a party have a mere heterogeneous view, principle, and policies.
The Impact of Selective Exposure to Political Polarization
According to Yongwhon(2013), citizen’s selective exposure to
ideologically slanted media outlets will lead to polarized attitudes toward
political candidates. The internet has become a significant aspect when it
comes to voting and other political issues. People try to prove their views as
blinded as they can be, which creates two very contradicting oppositions
that strongly reinforce political polarization.
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